Re: On July 20.1969.....

From: DrPostman (Look_at_mysig.foremail)
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 05:58:44 GMT

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:35:18 -0400, "Jonathan" <anon@earthlink.com>
wrote:

>
>
>Eagle, houston, do you read ?
>Eagle, this is houston.
>Eagle, houston, do you read?
>Eagle, houston, do you copy ?
>
>roger, we copy.
>
>Eagle, houston, can we
>get a status on your burn ?
>
>Good burn, houston, on time, no residuals.
>
>Alright 10 minutes to powered descent.
>Let's get their sun check and then go around the horn.
>
>Eagle, this is houston we're ready for that sun check.
>
>Roger, houston, sun check to three marks...
>Noun 20 minus noun 22, plus 0.19, plus 0.16.
>
>Eagle, houston. We only copied three of the marks.
>Please repeat the sun check, over.
>
>Houston, eagle, how do you read now ?
>
>Eagle, we're getting oscillations in your high gain.
>( Heavy static )
>
>flight, telmu, we've lost misfin.
>
>Roger, we've lost misfin. Flight, guidance, I've
>lost data. We keep losing them, flight.
>Clock's running, fellas.
>I want a go/no go for powered descent.
>
>Columbia, this is houston. We've lost all
>data with eagle. Please have him reacquire on
>high gain, over.
>
>Eagle, this is columbia. Houston would like you to
>reacquire on the high gain. They've lost data
>with you, over.
>
>Rog, we copy. Houston, eagle, how do you read me now ?
>
>you got us locked up there, telmu ?
>We're just real weak, flight.
>
>How are you looking ?
>All your systems go ?
>That's affirm, flight.
>Guidance, you happy ?
>Go, flight.
>Fido, how about you ?
>We're a little low, but no problem.
>Rog, eecom ?
>Go, flight.
>Gnc ?
>Go.
>Surgeon ?
>We're go.
>We are go for powered descent.
>
>Eagle, houston, if you read you are go for
>powered descent.
>
>Roger, understand.
>
>Stabilization and control circuit breakers deca
>gimbal ac, closed.
>Deca gimbal ac, closed.
>Command override, off.
>Command override is off.
>Gimbal enable.
>Gimbal enable.
>Rate scale, twenty-five.
>Twenty-five.
>Thrust translation, four jets.
>Four jets.
>Balance couple, on.
>Balance couple is on.
>Tca throttle, minimum.
>Throttle's at minimum.
>Throttle auto cdr.
>Auto cdr.
>Stop button reset.
>Stop button is reset.
>Abort, abort stage, reset.
>Abort, abort stage reset.
>Engine arm, descent.
>
>Seven seconds.
>
>Yes, proceed.
>
>Proceed.
>
>Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
>
>Ignition.
>
>Throttle up.
>Looks good.
>
>Eagle, your burn looks good.
>Okay, rate of descent looks good.
>Ags and pings agree very closely.
>Rcs is good, no flags.
>Dips pressure is good.
>
>Eagle, you are still looking good coming up on
>three minutes, over.
>
>We went by our three minute point early.
>We're gonna land long. houston, our
>position checks downrange show us to be a
>little long. We are going to roll over and have
>you check our altitude.
>
>Roger, we copy.
>
>Rolling over.
>
>Houston, you're looking at our delta h.
>Flight, radar looks good. 2,000 feet delta h.
>Rog, 2,000 foot delta H.
>Let me know when he accepts it, guidance.
>
>( Master Alarm )
>
>program alarm, it's at 12-0-2.
>12-0-2.
>12-0-2, jack, is that radar ?
>We didn't have this in the sim.
>What is it ?
>Give us a reading on a 12-0-2 program alarm.
>It's, it's, it's... We had it with the twelve
>crew, it's a temporary overload. It's not fatal.
>We're okay as long as it's intermittent.
>
>We're go on that, flight.
>We're go on that alarm ?
>If it's only intermittent, we'll be go.
>
>Eagle, houston, we are go on that alarm.
>
>Roger. Ags and pings look real close.
>Give us a pitchover time please, houston.
>
>Eagle, you are 30 seconds to p-64.
>
>Roger, and I've got the window.
>
>Roger, we've got good data.
>We're looking good and coming up on eight-thirty.
>P-64.
>Okay, 5,000 feet is good.
>100 feet per second is good.
>
>Okay, I want a go/no go on landing.
>
>Guido ?
>Go, flight.
>Retro ?
>We're go, flight.
>Booster ?
>Go, flight.
>Telmu ?
>That's affirm, flight.
>Gnc ?
>Go.
>Eecom ?
>Go, flight.
>Surgeon ?
>Go, flight.
>Capcom, go.
>
>Eagle, houston, you are go for landing.
>
>Go for landing, over.
>Roger, understand, go for landing.
>
>3,000 feet.
>Give me an lpd.
>47 degrees.
>Pretty rocky area.
>I'm going to manual.
>Roger, eagle.
>58 forward.
>No problem.
>600 feet
>down at nineteen.
>
>(Master Alarm)
>
>Program alarm. 12-0-1.
>guidance, are your systems go ?
>Same type, we're go, flight.
>Go.
>We are go, same type.
>We are go.
>
>Okay, you're pegged on horizontal velocity.
>300 feet,
>down three and a half.
>47 forward, slow it up.
>One and a half down.
>Ease her down.
>250,
>how's the fuel ?
>Seven percent fuel remaining.
>Down at two and a half, 19 forward.
>Altitude velocity lights are on.
>We lost our radar.
>Three and a half down.
>220 feet,
>13 forward.
>We're gonna be right over that crater.
>160 feet,
>five and a half down.
>Quantity light.
>60 seconds to go/no go.
>Looks like a good area here.
>Take her down.
>60 feet,
>down two and a half.
>Two forward, two forward.
>40 feet,
>down two and a half.
>30 seconds of fuel.

Not a whole lot of people pay attention to that line. He had
less than 30 seconds to find just the right spot to set down
on. That's what I call cutting it close.

>Four forward, four forward !
>Drifting to the right a little.
>20 feet down.
>Picking up some dust.
>Can't see.
>
>Contact light.
>Shut down.
>Okay, engine off.
>Aca out of detent.
>Out of detent, auto.
>Mode control both auto ?
>Both auto.
>Descent engine command override off.
>Command override off.
>Engine arm, off.
>Engine arm, off.
>Four thirteen is in.
>
>We copy you down, eagle.
>
>
>
>Houston, tranquility base here. The eagle has landed.

I was 10 years old, it was after Midnight, my dad and me
watched with rapt attention. Great memories all the way
around. Thanks for the reminder. 

--
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