Mercury 7 transcript starting at 02 33 15 on Spacelog

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02 33 15
CAPCOM: You are manual control. Is that right?
02 33 16
Scott Carpenter: That is correct. My control mode is manual; gyros free; maneuver off. Over.
02 33 22
CAPCOM: Roger. Could you give us . . . could you give us cabin temperature?
02 33 31
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Cabin temperature is 102 [degrees] at this time.
02 33 37
CAPCOM: Roger. What is the suit temperature?
02 33 41
Scott Carpenter: Okay, stand by.
02 33 49
Scott Carpenter: Suit temperature is 74 [degrees]; suit steam exhaust is 71 [degree].
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CAPCOM: Roger. Understand. Are you feeling a little more comfortable at this time?
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Scott Carpenter: I don't know. I'm still warm and still perspiring, but not really uncomfortable. I would like to—I would like to nail this suit temperature problem down. It—for all practical purposes, it's uncontrollable as far as I can see.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Understand. You might have to wait a few more minutes before this takes effect. You are on No. 6. Is that right?
02 34 34
Scott Carpenter: That is right. Suit temperature is No. 6.
02 34 39
CAPCOM: Roger. Systems reports that your suit temperature has dropped 2 degrees over station, if that's any encouragement to you.
02 34 44
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Thank you. It is.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
02 34 50
CAPCOM: Have you taken any food thus far?
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Scott Carpenter: Yes, I have. However, the food has crumbled badly; and I hate to open the package any more for fear of getting crumbs all over the capsule. I can verify that eating bite-size food as we packaged for this flight is no problem at all. Even the crumbly foods are eaten with no, with no problem.
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CAPCOM: Roger. How about water?
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Scott Carpenter: I had taken four swallows at approximately this time last orbit. As soon as I get the suit temperature pegged a little bit, I'll open the visor and have some more water. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. You are still coming in very loud and clear.
02 35 43
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
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CAPCOM: . . . out at this time.
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Scott Carpenter: For the record now—
02 37 32
Scott Carpenter: One of the labels for a fuse switch has slipped out, and sideways, and has tied the adjoining fuse switch together with it. This happened to emergency-main and reserve-deploy fuse switches.
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Scott Carpenter: I caged the gyros. They are too critical. I will try and navigate on the dark side without the gyros.
02 38 30
Scott Carpenter: The fuse switch should be glued in better so that turning off one fuse does not turn off the adjoining one.
02 39 35
Scott Carpenter: I guess I'd better try to get that xylose pill out. I hate to do this.
02 40 57
Scott Carpenter: Oh yes. There is the xylose pill. It didn't melt. All the rest of the stuff in here did melt.
02 41 31
Scott Carpenter: Okay. Xylose pill being consumed at 02 41 35. The rest of the food is pretty much of a mess. Can't stand this cabin temperature.
02 43 39
Scott Carpenter: Hello, Canton Com Tech. Aurora Seven reads you loud and clear. How me?
02 43 44
CAPCOM: This is Canton Cap Com. Read you loud and clear. Could you begin your short report, please?
02 43 51
Scott Carpenter: Roger, George. My control mode is manual. The gyros are caged, maneuver is off. Fuel is 45 and 64 [percent], a little ahead of schedule. Oxygen reads 82-100 [percent]. Steam vent temperature in the suit is dropping slightly. It's a little below 70 [degrees]. Cabin is 4.6 [psia]. Suit temperature has dropped to about 71 [degrees] now. All the power is good, and here is a blood pressure. Over.
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CAPCOM: Okay, standing by for blood pressure.
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CAPCOM: We are receiving the blood-pressure check. Over.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Do you plan on eating as called for by … Over.
02 44 57
Scott Carpenter: I did have the visor open a short time ago for the xylose pill. All of the rest of the food that I have aboard has either crumbled or melted. It's unusable in its present state so I think the xylose pill will constitute my last zero g meal. However, the first one, before the food crumbled, was quite easy. It's no problem to eat this bite-size food—in a weightless state. I also drank some water at that time, which was no problem.
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CAPCOM: Roger. I take it, from what you said then, that you have confirmed that your faceplate is closed for the decision on the third orbit.
02 45 42
Scott Carpenter: That is correct. My faceplate is closed. Also, what is the trend of my cabin pressure on the ground? Over.
02 45 51
CAPCOM: Stand by, please.
02 46 08
CAPCOM: We are checking on your request there, Scott. Could you hit that button again? We lost your EKG.
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Scott Carpenter: Oh, you want blood pressure or EKG?
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CAPCOM: No, we lost the EKG. Possibly you could press on those sensors. Okay, Surgeon informs me that the EKG is now returning. Your other question, cabin pressure is staying at 5.1 [psia] approximately.
02 46 36
Scott Carpenter: Roger. No change in reading since launch. Is that correct?
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CAPCOM: Negative on that. It's gone from 5.8 [psia] at launch to approximately 5.1 [psia] in very, very gradual descending trend.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger. My cabin pressure indicator is reading 4.8 [psia] at this time.
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CAPCOM: Roger, I have no comment on this, just that the trend appears to be good here on the ground.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Do you have any specific comments on your balloon experiments; for example, the best color contrast with the
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Scott Carpenter: Yes, I would say the day-glow orange is the best.
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CAPCOM: Roger. For your information, the second sunrise should be expected in approximately 3 to 4 minutes.

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