Spacelog Mercury 7

Roger, thank you.

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].

Roger.

We find now that the the O2 partial pressure is fluctuating slightly, and the—hanging around 4.2 [psia].

Did you ?

O2 partial pressure is fluctuating—4.2 [psia]—Over.

Roger, copied, George, thank you.

As I said before, everything looks very good here. Surgeon is after me here for you to try another blood pressure. Is this convenient?

Negative. I won't be able to hold still for it now. I've got the sunrise to worry about.

Okay. Roger. We have no further queries. If you have any comments we'll be listening down here.

Negative. I have a beautiful sunrise through the window. I'll record it so you can see it.

Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, Hawaii Com Tech. How do you read me? Over.

Roger, Hawaii, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How me?

Aurora Seven, this is Cap Com. Can you give me a short report, please.

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.

Roger. Give me the short report first.

Roger. Fuel is 45-62 [percent]. Over.

Roger. 45 and 62 [percent].

Roger.

Aurora Seven. Did you drink over Canton; did you drink any water over Canton?

That is negative. I will do, shortly.

Roger, Surgeon feels that this is advisable.

Roger.

Do you have an auto-fuel warning light?

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.

Roger.

Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, Cap Com. Cape Flight advises me that we—that they expected the cabin to do such.

Roger, thank you.

. . . temperature exhaust . . . steam exhaust?

Roger. Suit exhaust is 70 [degrees]. Cabin exhaust is 49 [degrees].

Roger.

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.

Roger. Wait one.

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.

Roger. Understand.

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.

Roger. Have you tried returning …

Negative. Let me get within scanner limits first.

Say again.

I must adjust my attitude to within scanner limits first.

Roger.

There were some more of those—little particles. They definitely look like snowflakes this time.

Roger. Understand. Your particles look like definite snowflakes.

However—

Can we get a blood pressure from you, Scott?

Roger. Blood pressure—start—now. I have the balloon—now—pretty steadily below me, not oscillating. And go to gyros normal. Gyros normal now.

Roger. TM indicates your—zero pitch.

Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, this is California Com Tech, California Com Tech. Do you hear me? Over.

We're reading you loud and clear, also. Stand by for Cap Com.

Roger.

Aurora Seven, California. How do you read?

Hello, Al, loud and clear. How me?

You're loud and clear, Scotty. Short report.

Roger. Control mode is manual, gyros normal, maneuver off. Fuel is 45-50 [percent]. Balloon is out. Oxygen 81-100 [percent]. And my status is good. The capsule status is good, except I'm unable to get a reasonable suit steam exhaust temperature. Still reading 70 [degrees]. Over.

Roger, seems to me as long as suit inlet is going down that you could continue to increase flow until you feel comfortable.

Roger.

Understand you're GO for orbit three.

I am—-Roger. I am GO for orbit three.

Seven, this is California.

Go, California.

General Kraft is still somewhat concerned about auto fuel. Use as little auto; use no auto fuel unless you have to prior to retrosequence time. And I think maybe you might increase flow to your inverter heat exchanger to try to bring the temperature down. They are not critical yet, however.

Roger, I have gone from 4 to 5 on the inverter at this time. And I think I'll increase just a tad on the suit.

Roger. You're sounding good here. Give you a period of quiet while I send Z and R cal.

Roger.

Seven, this is California sending Z cal on my mark.

Roger.

One, Mark.

Z cal off.

Roger.

Stand by for R cal 3, 2, 1.

All right now, I'm beginning to get all of those various particles, they—they're way out. I can see some that are a 100 feet out.

Roger. R cal off.

They all look like snowflakes to me. No don't—they do not glow of their own accord.

Roger, Seven. Do you—have you . . . perspire or have you stopped perspiring at the moment?

No, I'm still perspiring, Al. I think I'll open up the visor and take a drink of water.

Roger. Sounds like a good idea.

Seven, would you give us a blood pressure, please, in between swallows.

Okay, there's your blood pressure. I took about 20 swallows of water. Tasted pretty good.

Roger, Seven. We're sure of that, we're getting Alpha times and—Hotel. You have Hotel, I know. How about 3 Alpha?

Roger, and Mark now a tensiometer reading. It's as tight as I've seen the string. Mark another tensiometer reading.

Roger. We have those.

Now say again your last question?

Do you have 3 Alpha of 03 11 00?

03 11 00.

That is correct.

Roger. Copied.

Seven, this is California. Do you still read?

Roger. Loud and clear.

Roger, we have no further inquiries. See you next time.

Roger.

Aurora Seven, Guaymas Cap Com.

Hello, Guaymas. Go ahead.

Roger, we're reading you loud and clear. We'd like to conduct a wobulator test here. We use White Sands whenever you give us the word.

Roger, I have one; it's the yaw gyro on the stop at this time.

Is your wobulator on now?

Yes, the wobulator is on.