John Young

Yeah, not bad, is it? See, the O2 pressure is coming down now. Okay, the mains coming on the line, in case we need the heaters.

Gus Grissom

Got the scanners again, I guess. That's what I got the last time.

John Young

Yeah. Okay, the O2 pressure is now down to 925 and we have been on O2 High Rate two minutes. Coming up on two minutes.

John Young

Cabin pressure relief valve. Cabin pressure relief valve relieves with a loud shhh!

Gus Grissom

Still don't have that scanner light out. There it goes. That's what caused that thing to go out the last time—when you turned those mains on.

John Young

The horizon scanner?

Gus Grissom

Yes, but it came back on again, though.

John Young

That son-of-a-gun is relieving at 5.8, isn't it?

John Young

Okay, 2 minutes and 30 seconds O2 High Rate.

John Young

And the Greenwich mean time is 1707.

Gus Grissom

Hey, give me that sight down there.

Gus Grissom

I'll miss my tracking task.

John Young

You know what they did, they turned the sight around.

John Young

Okay, that's three minutes and ten seconds of O2 High Rate. Don't want to stay on it five minutes. I think that is more than a guy can stand. The suit inlet temperature is up to 64 and pressure is down to 825. We will shoot it a shot of manual heaters here when it gets to 800.

John Young

Okay, MARK. Four minutes on the O2 High Rate Check. Now we will go to the first shot of manual heaters.

Gus Grissom

Man! It's almost impossible to see out with the sight in front of you.

John Young

Pressure is still dropping. Now it's coming up. Okay.

Gus Grissom

When you get that scanner light it pitches you right down.

John Young

Yeah. That's what they said it'd do, didn't they? Okay, 10 seconds to go, and been holding the manual heater switch in for the last minute. It's keeping the pressure up to 825.

Gus Grissom

Oh, man! That ball is staying way off —

John Young

Okay, MARK. O2 High Rate recocked.

Gus Grissom

Give me the mark when you think I've got zero yaw.

John Young

Turning the auto heater off.

John Young

Can't see a thing, Gus. The quantity at the end of the O2 High Rate Check was down to 62 percent. Started at 66 and ended 62. I can't see a thing out the window, Gus, because of the sun.

Gus Grissom

This is about zero yaw.

John Young

Go a little bit left.

John Young

That looks pretty good, although —

Gus Grissom

That's about what we had in pitch attitude for zero before, wasn't it?

John Young

Okay. At 2:40 in the flight plan —

Gus Grissom

That shows 30° off on the ball.

John Young

Started out at 66 and ended at 62, at 2:40.

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Gus Grissom

Hey, what time do we come across the coast here?

John Young

We come across the coast at 3:04. What time is it?

Gus Grissom

That's too much pitch-up for zero attitude, don't you think?

Gus Grissom

Is this too much pitch-up for zero attitude?

John Young

Okay, the OAMS propellant at 2:50 is 62 percent.

Gus Grissom

You going to leave those mains on?

Gus Grissom

It's dropping down pretty good.

John Young

No, no it didn't, see?