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Post by laurel on Jul 8, 2008 19:06:45 GMT -4
Apollo 12- UFO Theories 036:12:01 Carr: 12, Houston. 036:12:05 Conrad: Go ahead. 036:12:07 Carr: Roger, Pete. That thing you saw off the hatch, at a roll of 35 degrees, we figured there's probably three possible answers. Number 1: it could be the S-IVB, or possibly a SLA panel, or it could be the backup crew flying trail on you. 036:12:24 Conrad: Roger. Actually we have two objects out there. One's not anywhere near as bright as the other, so I think the real bright one's the S-IVB and the other one's probably a SLA panel. They're about 20 degrees apart. And as far as the backup crew goes, tell them we'll meet them on the back side of the moon.
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Post by Grand Lunar on Jul 9, 2008 21:43:25 GMT -4
A note from LunarOrbit: Sorry, Czero101, but I had to change the images to hyperlinks. They could be violations of the Proboards Terms of Service. Also, if someone viewed them from work they could get into some trouble, so giving people a warning before linking to such images is a good idea. [ Maxwell Smart mode: Activate] Sorry about that, Chief... [ Maxwell Smart mode: Deactivate] Wasn't even thinking about the whole nudity / TOS issue... won't happen again.. Cz I blame myself for getting you into this issue, as I brought it up in the first place.
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Post by Grand Lunar on Jul 9, 2008 21:45:27 GMT -4
Can the humour extend past Apollo, as this thread is entitled "Humor In Space"?
I had a big laugh after watching a video that showed Buzz Aldrin putting Buzz Lightyear through training before his flight on board the Discovery.
It's available on NASA's multimedia site, and on YouTube.
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Post by Czero 101 on Jul 9, 2008 22:02:57 GMT -4
I blame myself for getting you into this issue, as I brought it up in the first place. No biggie, GL... LO is correct and I should've been more "discreet" with those pics... Cz
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Post by Grand Lunar on Jul 9, 2008 22:04:45 GMT -4
I blame myself for getting you into this issue, as I brought it up in the first place. No biggie, GL... LO is correct and I should've been more "discreet" with those pics... Cz Thanks! I feel relieved of guilt now.
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Post by laurel on Jul 10, 2008 18:15:53 GMT -4
Apollo 12 084:06:09 Conrad: Right. Another interesting thing is - This white or gray-white Moon, it contrasts very starkly with the black sky just like everyone's reported. And maybe even so on the TV down there. But the black is about as black as you've ever seen in your life. It's just - doesn't have any - any hues or anything to it. It's just solid straight dull black, and then the Moon is just sort of very light concrete color. In fact, if I wanted to look at something that I thought was about the same color as the Moon, I'd go out and look at my driveway. . . . 084:09:59 Conrad: We're passing over the Sea of Fertility now, and it is a little bit darker than the terra that we've been over, but not so much. It's more of a - just a slightly darker gray. 084:10:13 Weitz: Roger, 12. 084:10:21 Conrad: Looks like the beach sand down at Galveston whenever it's wet. 084:10:31 Weitz: Okay. We had a team of geologists checking your driveway. We'll send them to Galveston now. 084:10:37 Conrad: [Laughter]. Okay.
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Post by laurel on Aug 29, 2008 18:12:08 GMT -4
Apollo 17 147:21:03 Cernan: Those are the cleanest battery covers in existence on a Rover right now, I tell you. (Pause) 147:21:09 Cernan: (Noticing that Fendell is tilting the TV down to look) Oh, you don't believe me. Look at that! 147:21:11 Schmitt: What? 147:21:12 Cernan: They don't believe me. 147:21:15 Schmitt: Excuse me. Move forward just a little. And I'll get your bag. Here you go. 147:21:20 Cernan: (Noticing that the TV is still pointed down) Now you're stuck down there, aren't you? [Fendell tilts the TV up.] 147:21:23 Cernan: No you're not. Seems like you (would think) I may be going nuts talking to that moving machine (the TV) over there. (Pause) [There is laughter in Houston.]
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Post by laurel on Oct 12, 2008 13:56:11 GMT -4
Apollo 17 172:02:36 Duke: Challenger, Houston. From the old backup crew that followed you every step of the way, super job on EVA you guys. 172:02:53 Cernan: (Thinking he's talking to John Young) Thank you, John. Appreciate the words, Jose. But we also appreciate your helping us get it this far. 172:03:05 Duke: (Retaliating) Roger, Neil.
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Post by vq on Oct 12, 2008 14:47:57 GMT -4
Apollo 17 - EVA-1 - Taurus-Littrow Valley...
[/b] Sounds like there was a fair amount of goofing around on Apollo 17 - It's amazing they got anything done.
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Post by laurel on Oct 13, 2008 14:19:11 GMT -4
Well, you can joke around and still get work done. Schmitt says in the ALSJ, "I was having fun. You're there and you're doing what you planned to do; and you might as well enjoy it."
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Post by dragonblaster on Oct 28, 2008 4:31:13 GMT -4
It makes me wince sometimes when I see all the falls and spills on 17. Just one little split, and the result could be a dead astronaut.
Of course, Gene Cernan was a real hell-raiser: he had worried about being canned for having ditched a helicopter due to unauthorised aerobatics.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 28, 2008 4:38:20 GMT -4
Well by then they were pretty sure the suits could handle the punishment, however nearly the entire ILC spacesuit line held their breath all the way through Apollo 11 and were likely the only ones on the planet happy and relieved to see Armstrong get back in the darm LM!
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Post by laurel on Oct 28, 2008 8:11:18 GMT -4
In Carrying The Fire, Michael Collins seemed pretty relieved to see the Apollo 11 EVA over. "Well, that's a big one behind us: no more worrying about crashing through hidden lava tubes, or becoming exhausted, or the front door sticking open, or the little old ladies [who assembled the spacesuits] using weak glue, or any of that!"
Kiwi mentioned how Jack Schmitt gave Ballet Crater its name; at that point in the ALSJ, Cernan says, "You have to develop confidence in the suit. You didn't want to roll down into a rocky crater and bust up the PLSS, and you didn't want to tear the suit on a rock. You were cautious and were aware of the possibility of busting something on the suit if you did something extreme. But the suit had to be designed so that, in ordinary operations, what you did was more constrained by the inherent mobility and flexibility of the suit rather than by safety. You wanted to be sure that safety considerations simply didn't arise. Jack would have been a lot more careful had he been walking through a boulder field but here, on this little crater rim, there weren't any rocks, and this little bit of playing wasn't particularly dangerous at all." And indeed when you see the video and they're in a boulder field, they move much more slowly and carefully.
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Post by Kiwi on Oct 28, 2008 9:53:22 GMT -4
While turning through the pages to see what tasks were needed, Bean came across a page that had, as he described it, a playboy bunny. Here are some low res pics of photocopies of Pete Conrad's and Al Bean's Cuff Checklist Playmate (images courtesy of the ALSJ)... Oops. Forgot to add at the time a link to the story of how all four Playmates were identified.Warning: Link leads to images containing nudity.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 28, 2008 14:40:20 GMT -4
In Carrying The Fire, Michael Collins seemed pretty relieved to see the Apollo 11 EVA over. "Well, that's a big one behind us: no more worrying about crashing through hidden lava tubes, or becoming exhausted, or the front door sticking open, or the little old ladies [who assembled the spacesuits] using weak glue, or any of that!" But note I did say "on the planet"
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