Apollo 13 mission transcript

[AdamSmith]

Looking for some foolishness to post in a nekkid thread I found NASA's Apollo 13 mission transcripts. The good (bad) stuff starts about here...

02 07 52 58

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

13, we've got one more item for you, when you get a chance. We'd like you to stir up your cryo tanks. In addition, I have shaft and trunnion

02 07 53 07

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

for looking at the Comet Bennett, if you need it.

02 07 53 12

Jack Swigert (CMP)

Okay. Stand by.

02 07 55 19

Fred Haise (LMP)

KEY MOMENT

"Houston, we've had a problem.": Okay, Houston

02 07 55 20

Jack Swigert (CMP)

I believe we've had a problem here.

02 07 55 28

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

This is Houston. Say again, please.

02 07 55 35

Jim Lovell (CDR)

Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a MAIN B BUS UNDERVOLT.

02 07 55 42

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger. MAIN B UNDERVOLT.

02 07 55 58

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Okay, stand by, 13. We're looking at it.

02 07 56 10

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. Right now, Houston, the voltage isis looking good. And we had a pretty large bang associated with the CAUTION AND WARNING there. And as I recall, MAIN B was the one that had had an amp spike on it once before.

02 07 56 40

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger, Fred.

02 07 56 54

Fred Haise (LMP)

In the interim here, we're starting to go ahead and button up the tunnel again.

02 07 57 01

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger.

02 07 57 04

Fred Haise (LMP)

Yes. That jolt must have rocked the sensor onsee nowO2 QUANTITY 2. Itwas oscillating down around 20 to 60 percent. Now it's fullscale high again.

02 07 57 22

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger.

02 07 57 30

Jim Lovell (CDR)

And, Houston, we had a RESTART on our computer and we had a PGNCS light and the RESTART RESET.

02 07 57 37

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger. RESTART and a PGNCS light. RESET on a PGNCS, RESET

02 07 57 44

Jim Lovell (CDR)

Okay. And we're looking at our SSERVICE MODULE RCS HELIUM 1. We haveB is barber poled and D is barber poled, HELIUM 2, D is barber pole, and SECONDARY PROPELLANTS, I have A and C barber pole. BMAG temperatures?

02 07 58 07

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay, AC 2 is showing zip. I'm going to try to reconfigure on that, Jack.

02 07 58 13

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger.

02 07 58 25

Fred Haise (LMP)

Yes. We got a MAIN BUS A UNDERVOLT now, too, showing.

02 07 58 29

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

MAIN A UNDERVOLT.

02 07 58 33

Fred Haise (LMP)

It's reading about 25-1/2, MAIN B is reading zip right now.

02 07 59 33

Jim Lovell (CDR)

And, Houston, Odyssey.

02 07 59 38

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Stand by 1, Jim.

02 08 00 35

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

13, Houston. We'd like you to attempt to reconnect fuel cell 1 to MAIN A and fuel cell 3 to MAIN B. Verify that quad Delta is open.

02 08 00 53

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay, Houston. I'm showingI tried to reset and fuel cell 1 and 3 are both showing gray flags, but they are both showing zip on the flows.

02 08 01 08

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

We copy.

02 08 03 17

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay, Houston. Are you still reading 13?

02 08 03 20

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

That's affirmative. We're reading you. We're trying to come up with some good ideas here for you.

02 08 03 29

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. Let me give you some reading in the interim to help MAIN A voltage, Jack. I've got BUS TIE AC on.

02 08 03 37

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Say again, Fred.

02 08 03 42

Fred Haise (LMP)

In the interim, to help out MAIN A voltage, I've got MAIN BUS TIE BAT AC on. Or would you rather accept the 25 volts we are seeing on MAIN A?

02 08 03 52

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Okay. BUS TIE AC on.

02 08 04 09

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

13, Houston. We need OMNI Charlie, please.

02 08 04 19

Fred Haise (LMP)

You got it.

02 08 05 32

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

13, Houston. We'd like you to verify couple of readings for us. We would like the nitrogen pressure on fuel cell 1. We need the oxygen pressure on fuel cell 2.

02 08 05 46

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. Nitrogen on 1 and oxygen on 2. Is that correct?

02 08 05 50

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Negative. Oxygen on 3.

02 08 05 54

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay.

02 08 06 24

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. The systems test 1-A says zip.

02 08 06 44

Fred Haise (LMP)

And 2 Baker, which is 3 oxygen, says 0.6.

02 08 06 50

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

2 Baker says 0.6, and say again the other one.

02 08 06 57

Fred Haise (LMP)

Fuel cell 1 nitrogen reads zero.

02 08 07 01

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger. Zero.

02 08 08 47

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

13, Houston. We'd like you to open circuit fuel cell 1; leave 2 and 3 as is.

02 08 08 55

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. I'll get to work on that.

02 08 08 57

Jim Lovell (CDR)

And, Jack, our O2 quantity number 2 tank is reading zero. Did you get that?

02 08 09 04

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

O2 QUANTITY number 2 is zero.

02 08 09 07

Jim Lovell (CDR)

That's AC, okay. Yes, that's good AC and it looks to me, looking out the hatch, that we are venting something. We are venting something out into theinto space.

02 08 09 22

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger. We copy your venting.

02 08 09 29

Jim Lovell (CDR)

It's a gas of some sort.

02 08 09 49

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. Fuel cell 1, you just wanted it off the line now, Jack, is that right?

Cont. at: http://apollo13.spacelog.org/page/02:07:55:19/

[RA1]

To paraphrase Harry Reid: They made it back, didn't they?

How silly that we take non-serious things so seriously, isn't it? Of course, politics should be silly but it isn't.

Best regards,

RA1

[AdamSmith]

I thought this might attract your eye. Fascinating (Captain ) to see at this very granular level exactly how crew and ground worked through this whole mission.

Oh for the days of the Right Stuff again.

[MsAnn]

To paraphrase Harry Reid: They made it back, didn't they?

How silly that we take non-serious things so seriously, isn't it? Of course, politics should be silly but it isn't.

Best regards,

RA1

Clever...