Mercury 7 transcript starting at 02 05 51 on Spacelog

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02 05 51
CAPCOM: Very good. Are you going to start your balloon test?
02 05 55
Scott Carpenter: The balloon is out. I don't see any reason for not leaving it on through the dark side, and I just saw a particle going by at about 2 or 3 feet per second.
02 06 13
CAPCOM: Roger, understand. According to flight plan, you're supposed to go to FBW about now, and he says you're on auto mode and I wondered if you plan to go through with this. Over.
02 06 25
Scott Carpenter: That is negative. I think that the fact that I'm low on fuel dictates that I stay on auto as long as the fuel consumption on automatic is not excessive. Over.
02 06 39
CAPCOM: Roger, Aurora Seven. Congratulations on your trip so far and I'm glad everything has gone …
02 06 44
Scott Carpenter: Thank you very much.
02 06 50
Scott Carpenter: I now have the wide, blue horizon band. It looks to be, at this time Capsule elapsed 02 0700, to be about the diameter underneath the sun. It seems to be the same thickness underneath the sun as the sun's diameter. North and south it becomes less distinct and lighter. It extends up farther from the horizon.
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02 07 29
CAPCOM: Roger, Aurora Seven. That's a hard one to pronounce, anything that we can do for you …
02 07 38
Scott Carpenter: Negative. I think everything is going quite well.
02 07 41
CAPCOM: Roger, We'll be waiting. Out.
02 07 43
Scott Carpenter: Roger. See you next time.
02 07 48
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, this is Indian Ocean Ship. Over.
02 07 50
Scott Carpenter: Roger, Indian Cap Com. Loud and clear. How me?
02 07 54
CAPCOM: Roger. Loud and clear. We have had transmitter trouble on your previous run. We just got a message from the Cape . . . to conserve fuel. I monitored part of your transmission to Zanzibar and understand . . . the situation.
02 08 12
Scott Carpenter: That is Roger.
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02 08 14
CAPCOM: Do you have retrosequence times for 2 Delta, 2 Echo and Golf?
02 08 19
Scott Carpenter: That is negative. I have the nominals.
02 08 23
CAPCOM: Roger. 2 Delta and 2 Echo are still nominal. Area Golf is 03 00 29, 03 00 29.
02 08 35
Scott Carpenter: Roger. 03 00 29.
02 08 39
CAPCOM: Roger, Aurora Seven, I read you loud and clear. Do you have any comments for the . . . Ocean?
02 08 46
Scott Carpenter: That is Roger. I believe we may have some automatic mode difficulty. Let me cheek fly-by-wire a minute.
02 09 07
Scott Carpenter: All thrusters are okay.
02 09 11
CAPCOM: Roger.
02 09 17
Scott Carpenter: However, the gyros do not seem to be indicating properly.
02 09 25
CAPCOM: Roger.
02 09 27
Scott Carpenter: And that is not correct either. The gyros are . . . are okay; but on ASCS standby. It may be an orientation problem. I'll orient visually and . . . see if that will help out the ASCS problem.
02 10 11
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven from Indian Cap Com. Your blood pressure on your . . . fairly high and you are supposed to, if possible, give a blood pressure over Indian Ocean Ship.
02 10 23
Scott Carpenter: Roger. I've put blood pressure up on the air already. Over.
02 10 29
CAPCOM: Say again, Aurora.
02 10 31
Scott Carpenter: Blood pressure is on the air now.
02 10 35
CAPCOM: Roger.
02 10 40
Flight Surgeon: Blood pressure is coming through fine.
02 10 42
CAPCOM: Your blood pressure is coming through fine.
02 10 44
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
02 10 58
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, this is Indian Cap Com. We have lost telemetry contact. How do you read me? Over.
02 11 04
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Still reading you okay.
02 11 07
CAPCOM: . . . report to Cape you have checked fly-by-wire and all thrusters are okay. Is there anything else?
02 11 13
Scott Carpenter: That is negative. Except this problem with steam vent temperature. I'm going—I'll open the visor a minute; that'll cool—it seems cooler with the visor open.
02 11 26
CAPCOM: Roger. Did you take xylose?
02 11 28
Scott Carpenter: That is negative. I will do so now.
02 11 35
CAPCOM: Roger.
02 11 45
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, confirm you've checked fly-by-wire and all thrusters okay.
02 11 51
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Fly-by-wire is checked; all thrusters are okay.
02 11 56
CAPCOM: Roger.
02 12 28
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, Indian Ocean Cap Com. I do not read your transmission.
02 12 32
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Indian Cap Com, Aurora Seven.
02 12 35
CAPCOM: Out.
02 15 11
Scott Carpenter: Well, I have—I am in record only, and I am getting warm now.
02 15 34
Scott Carpenter: Don't know what to with the cabin.
02 15 45
Scott Carpenter: I'll turn it up and see what happens.

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