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And after you turn BAT 6 on the line, you might as well take a look at the BATs 1 through 4 and so forth, and make sure that it's okay to turn them off.

Roger. Are you ready, gang?

Yes, we're ready for the POWER AMPLIFIER and the HIGH BIT RATE, and NORMAL VOICE, on the FUNCTION switch, please.

Okay.

Okay, gang; we've got the HIGH BIT RATE, now.

Roger.

Okay, we see BAT 6, ON, and it looks good, Fred-o.

Okay. Am I cleared to proceed with the next step, getting 1, 2, 3, and 4, OFF/RESET?

Affirmative. You're cleared for BATs 1 through 4, OFF/RESET.

Okay.

Okay. Still looks good.

Okay, Houston. We need a call from you when to have Jack to proceed up into the Odyssey and start up there.

Okay, Aquarius; and Jack can get with it right now.

Okay, Houston; Aquarius. We've completed the powerup and things look good upstairs. Are we GO for proceeding with battery charge?

Okay, Aquarius; you're GO on the battery charge.

Roger.

Boy, this is really a switch, isn't it, Jack?

That's an understatement. You're not known for that.

Yes. I think if you add up the—Yes—if you add up the operating time, I think the LM beats the CSM by a considerable margin on this flight.

Grumman just hired you.

Yes.

You're out there at 134000, coming in at about 4900 feet a second.

Very good.

The SUPERCRIT tank went off at about 1937, just about like expected.

Yes. It—it also must of not did very much, except the rates. I was asleep then and I didn't hear a thing.

Is the command—service module still venting?

Jack said it was just before he went up. Right now, the Sun's over there, and I can't really tell —

And —

We asked him a long time ago if he was able to see any stars out the optics. I don't think we ever got an answer.

Okay.

That's a pretty good sleep station I had rigged up, Jack. I took one of the sleep restraints out of the command module, zipped up in it, and then hooked the tie, right at the top of the zipper, onto the LM upper hatch handle. So it kind of held me there, and then just drifted up in the tunnel upside down with my face toward the hatch, so the sunlight didn't get in my eyes and that worked pretty good.

Did you sleep pretty well that way?

Yes, no problem at all.

Is Jim sleeping that way now, or is he standing next to you?

He's standing next to me.

About time for him to go to bed.

Okay. The voltage upstairs is 34.3 and the charger is reading 2.5 amps.

Okay 34.3 and 2.5. And … says … —

Are you keeping warm in the LM?

Yes. It's pretty reasonable down here.

Okay. And right now, it looks like … right now, it looks like the command module isn't venting, Jack, so I'm going to try to take a look at the optics.

Okay. You say it is not venting?

Yes. That's the word. We've just looked through the AOT and you can't see anything back there.

Okay. And everything's fine in El Lago.

Very good.

Aquarius, we're ready to secure the high bit rate.