- Comm Tech
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Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, this is California Com Tech, California Com Tech. Do you hear? Over.
- Scott Carpenter
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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.
- CAPCOM
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Roger, seems to me as long as suit inlet is going down that you could continue to increase flow until you feel comfortable.
- CAPCOM
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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.
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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.
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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.
- Scott Carpenter
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No, I'm still perspiring, Al. I think I'll open up the visor and take a drink of water.
- Scott Carpenter
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Okay, there's your blood pressure. I took about 20 swallows of water. Tasted pretty good.
- CAPCOM
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Roger, Seven. We're sure of that, we're getting Alpha times and—Hotel. You have Hotel, I know. How about 3 Alpha?
- Scott Carpenter
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Roger, and Mark now a tensiometer reading. It's as tight as I've seen the string. Mark another tensiometer reading.
- CAPCOM
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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.
Spoken on May 24, 1962, 3:45 p.m. UTC (62 years, 5 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet