Spacelog Mercury 7

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

Hello. California Com Tech, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How me?

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?

Yes, the wobulator is on.