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Post by laurel on Sept 26, 2009 15:39:00 GMT -4
Apollo 17 116:38:09 Cernan: (I've) had enough water today (that) you could say you discovered me. I'm "water on the Moon". Fitting in light of recent events, eh?
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Post by laurel on Sept 27, 2009 18:50:53 GMT -4
Gemini 7 116:43:54 CapCom Elliot See: Tommy Nobis still hasn't made up his mind whether he wants to play for Houston or Atlanta. And finally, John Unitas is out for the season. He suffered torn ligaments in their game in Chicago Sunday. 116:44:33 Frank Borman: Elliot. 116:44:35 See: Go ahead. 116:44:36 Borman: Will you please tell Nobis to sign with Houston? 116:44:39 See: Roger. We'll tell him a voice from outer space had that message.
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Post by slang on Sept 29, 2009 3:41:01 GMT -4
I don't know if this is something everyone in the US knows, but I had to check. Apparently Tommy Nobis did not listen to Frank, or Elliot didn't pass the message on convincingly enough
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Post by laurel on Oct 12, 2009 12:26:52 GMT -4
Apollo 16: Map Issues 120:14:34 Duke: Ah, the old maps! Which old map do you want to look at, John? Hmm. Just like training. Good picture of Hadley Rille (the Apollo 15 site). (Pause) I'm just teasing, Houston.
[Duke - "We never had the right ones in training! You know, the maps they gave us were not...They just threw anything out there. So we never had the right ones."]
143:09:17 Duke: Yeah. Well, I got some right here. You use those, and I'll put the old maps...(Rhetorically) Which way are we going today? Hmmm. 143:09:28 England: How about south? 143:09:33 Duke: Let's see, (pretending to read) "Hadley Rille". (Pause) [During our mission review, Charlie told me that, before the Descartes maps were ready for training purposes, he and John used copies of the Apollo 15 maps. Those, of course, showed Hadley Rille.] 143:09:42 England: Okay... 143:09:43 Duke: Tony, this map says "Start at training building."
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Post by Obviousman on Jan 9, 2010 9:16:13 GMT -4
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Post by laurel on Jan 9, 2010 17:58:27 GMT -4
That reminds me of how Gordo Cooper wrote "Launch this way ==>" on Faith 7.
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Post by Obviousman on Jan 9, 2010 23:15:13 GMT -4
Apparently on the other shuttle carrier it has a similar thing but also with:
"lefty loosey, righty tighty"
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Post by Obviousman on Jan 11, 2010 15:41:22 GMT -4
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Post by laurel on Feb 5, 2010 17:45:38 GMT -4
Apollo 15: Irwin shows his love of mountains 120:03:49 Irwin: (With great delight) Oh, boy. It's beautiful out here! Reminds me of Sun Valley, (a ski resort in the mountains of southern Idaho). 120:03:59 Allen: Roger, Jim. (Long Pause) [Irwin - "If I'd realized that Sun Valley was going to invite me up as their guest (after the mission), I would have mentioned all the other great ski areas in the world! (Hearty laugh)."]
Apollo 16: Kids, don't try this at home 147:08:53 Duke: I want to get a chip out of it. (Probably referring to the white rock in the background) Look at that rock over there, John. If that's not a crystalline rock, I'll... 147:08:59 Young: Eat the whole thing, right? 147:09:00 Duke: ...depressurize right here. Yeah, (I'll eat) the whole thing. 147:09:05 England: I wouldn't bet on that, Charlie.
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Post by Kiwi on Mar 24, 2010 0:41:08 GMT -4
Apollo 7
Aaaahhh, the relief! 001:11:00 Cunningham (onboard): Boy, it will be nice when we get those suits off, won't it? 001:11:04 Eisele (onboard): Kind of nice just getting the helmets and gloves off. 001:11:05 Cunningham (onboard): Yes. 001:11:06 Schirra (onboard): It is, isn't it? 001:11:07 Eisele (onboard): I've got some odour. Did somebody goof up the system? 001:11:08 Schirra (onboard): You'll get over that in a while. 001:11:11 Eisele (onboard): I have yet to take a leak and I'm about ready to do it. 001:11:16 Eisele (onboard): I almost got around to it just about lift-off, but I decided I didn't want to get caught in the middle. 001:11:20 Schirra (onboard): Look at the sunrise, gang. There you go. That's the thrill of this business. See it, Walt? 001:11:28 Cunningham (onboard): Yes. 001:11:29 Eisele (onboard): Well, I've got some action (laughter). Will that suit be crowded. [Garble] The new generation is upon us. 001:11:41 Schirra (onboard): Hey, look at the clouds, Walt. 001:11:42 Cunningham (onboard): Look at those thunderheads! 001:11:43 Schirra (onboard): Yes. Aren't they great? 001:11:44 Cunningham (onboard): Lord - Those are some big ones, aren't they? 001:11:51 Eisele (onboard): I stretched the bag, this is unreal (laughter). 001:11:54 Schirra (onboard): There is going to be a few, I tell you (laughter). 001:11:58 Eisele (onboard): Hey, listen, this is too much trouble to get up and down all that... 001:12:00 Schirra (onboard): Hey, I tell you - I think you - that Guenter went. [It's a happy crew and the toilet jokes are flowing. Guenter Wendt is the 'pad leader', employed to supervise the crew's entry into the spacecraft at the white room. Apollo crews were fond of him and appreciated his deep professionalism at the launch pad prior to lift-off.] 001:12:03 Cunningham (onboard): Hey, why are you laughing - didn't it have to happen before? 001:12:07 Eisele (onboard): I have never heard it - I just about busted a gut (laughter). 001:12:11 Eisele (onboard): It's such an obvious pun - I guess the planning is the thing... 001:12:14 Eisele (onboard): Well - He said, 'It looks like Guenter's going,' and you said, 'Yes, I think Guenter Went.' 001:12:20 Schirra (onboard): Listen, you're breaking my heart.
Painful Powerful Pressing Problem Pummels Percy Precious 002:20:48 Cunningham (onboard): Jesus, my - my peter hurts so bad I can hardly stand it; I don't know what the hell it is, whether it's the vacuum or the damn roll on or what it is. 002:20:52 Eisele (onboard): I don't want to say the third part. 002:20:53 Cunningham (onboard): Huh? 002:20:54 Eisele (onboard): I don't want to say the third possibility. 002:20:57 Cunningham (onboard): No, it's not. 002:20:58 Eisele (onboard): (Laughter) 002:20:59 Cunningham (onboard): Boy, does that ever smart! Terrific!
[Those who don't get that one might want to look up the Astronymish acronym UCD.]
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Post by banjomd on Mar 24, 2010 20:56:33 GMT -4
From, Light This Candle ; Neal Thompson 2004. pp 216-217 (regarding the Mercury 7 witnessing an Atlas launch)
Shepard admired the silver Atlas prototype... Then the ground shook and white fire screamed out from beneath the beast, which rose slowly above the Atlantic... its thin skin buckled and then the Atlas spectacularly exploded... Shepard turned to Glenn, who was standing beside him, and broke the stunned silence that followed. "Well I'm glad they got that one out of the way," he said. "I sure hope they fix that."
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Post by laurel on Mar 24, 2010 22:45:35 GMT -4
Kiwi, this is the second time I found about an AFJ update from a post that referenced it. Thanks. I must check that site more often! A creative response to the discovery of water on the Moon: i.makli.com/Water-on-The-Moon.jpg"Excuse me while I rinse some of this Moon dust off my suit."
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Post by laurel on Mar 24, 2010 22:48:40 GMT -4
From, Light This Candle ; Neal Thompson 2004. pp 216-217 (regarding the Mercury 7 witnessing an Atlas launch) Shepard admired the silver Atlas prototype... Then the ground shook and white fire screamed out from beneath the beast, which rose slowly above the Atlantic... its thin skin buckled and then the Atlas spectacularly exploded... Shepard turned to Glenn, who was standing beside him, and broke the stunned silence that followed. "Well I'm glad they got that one out of the way," he said. "I sure hope they fix that." Glenn said something similar in the first episode of When We Left Earth. "We're looking at this thing and we're looking at each other and deciding we want to go back and talk to the engineers a little more before we go further." Astronauts seem to make a lot of understatements sometimes, don't they?
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Post by banjomd on Mar 25, 2010 21:13:58 GMT -4
"Glenn said something similar in the first episode of When We Left Earth. "We're looking at this thing and we're looking at each other and deciding we want to go back and talk to the engineers a little more before we go further." Astronauts seem to make a lot of understatements sometimes, don't they?"
Don't forget, laurel, that the Mercury 7 (except Carpenter) and some that followed were test pilots and worked closely with engineers to find the causes of problems and fix them. I believe that helped form the understating attitude that they sometimes exhibited.
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Post by laurel on Mar 26, 2010 14:19:02 GMT -4
I meant it admiringly when I said that they made a lot of understatements, this illustrates how cool under pressure they were. Like when Neil Armstrong was being interviewed on 60 Minutes and Ed Bradley mentioned how after his LLTV crash, Armstrong went back to his office to do some paperwork. Bradley said, "You were just almost killed!" Armstrong just smiled and said, "Well, but I wasn't."
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