Mercury 7 transcript starting at 02 47 47 on Spacelog

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Scott Carpenter: Roger, thank you.
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CAPCOM: Everything continues to look very good here on the ground. I've got a reading here on the ground for cabin pressure. This is for your information, is 4.8 [psia]. Now, this does take the trend that has been set up considerably. The suit pressure comes in at 4.9 [psia].
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Scott Carpenter: Roger.
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CAPCOM: We find now that the the O2 partial pressure is fluctuating slightly, and the—hanging around 4.2 [psia].
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CAPCOM: Did you ?
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CAPCOM: O2 partial pressure is fluctuating—4.2 [psia]—Over.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger, copied, George, thank you.
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CAPCOM: As I said before, everything looks very good here. Surgeon is after me here for you to try another blood pressure. Is this convenient?
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Scott Carpenter: Negative. I won't be able to hold still for it now. I've got the sunrise to worry about.
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CAPCOM: Okay. Roger. We have no further queries. If you have any comments we'll be listening down here.
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Scott Carpenter: Negative. I have a beautiful sunrise through the window. I'll record it so you can see it.
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CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, Hawaii Com Tech. How do you read me? Over.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger, Hawaii, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How me?
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CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, this is Cap Com. Can you give me a short report, please.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger. My control mode is manual; gyros caged; maneuver off. Stand by one. My status is good and the capsule status is good. I want to get some pictures of the sunrise. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Give me the short report first.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger. Fuel is 45-62 [percent]. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. 45 and 62 [percent].
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Scott Carpenter: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Aurora Seven. Did you drink over Canton; did you drink any water over Canton?
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Scott Carpenter: That is negative. I will do, shortly.
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CAPCOM: Roger, Surgeon feels that this is advisable.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Do you have an auto-fuel warning light?
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Scott Carpenter: That is right. I have reported it, and I believe I reported it a long time ago. It is covered with tape at the moment.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, Cap Com. Cape Flight advises me that we—that they expected the cabin to do such.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger, thank you.
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CAPCOM: . . . temperature exhaust . . . steam exhaust?
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Scott Carpenter: Roger. Suit exhaust is 70 [degrees]. Cabin exhaust is 49 [degrees].
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Aurora Seven. This is Cap Com. Would like for you to return to gyros normal and see what kind of indication we have; whether or not your window view agrees with your gyros.
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Scott Carpenter: Roger. Wait one.
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Scott Carpenter: I have some more of the white particles in view below the capsule. They appear to be traveling exactly my speed. There is one drifting off. It's going faster than I am as a matter of fact.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Understand.
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Scott Carpenter: I haven't seen the great numbers of these particles, but I've seen a few of them. Their motion is random; they look exactly like snowflakes to me.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Have you tried returning …
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Scott Carpenter: Negative. Let me get within scanner limits first.
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CAPCOM: Say again.
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Scott Carpenter: I must adjust my attitude to within scanner limits first.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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Scott Carpenter: There were some more of those—little particles. They definitely look like snowflakes this time.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Understand. Your particles look like definite snowflakes.
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Scott Carpenter: However—
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CAPCOM: Can we get a blood pressure from you, Scott?
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Scott Carpenter: Roger. Blood pressure—start—now. I have the balloon—now—pretty steadily below me, not oscillating. And go to gyros normal. Gyros normal now.
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CAPCOM: Roger. TM indicates your—zero pitch.
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CAPCOM: LOS, Scott, we've had LOS. Can you read me? Over.
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Comm Tech: Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, this is California Com Tech, California Com Tech. Do you hear me? Over.
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Scott Carpenter: Hello Cal Com Tech, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How me?

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