Mercury 6 transcript starting at 00 04 23 09 on Spacelog

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00 04 23 09
John Glenn: Okay. If that's what they recommend, we'll go ahead and try it. Are you ready for it now?
00 04 23 16
CAPCOM: Yes, when you're ready.
00 04 23 17
John Glenn: Roger. Negative, in automatic position did not get a light and I'm back in off position now. Over.
00 04 23 25
CAPCOM: Roger, that's fine. In this case, we'll go ahead, and the reentry sequence will be normal.
00 04 23 31
John Glenn: Roger, reentry sequence will be normal.
00 04 23 34
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, have you completed your pre-retro check list?
00 04 23 38
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Going to pre-re, check list at present time.
00 04 23 43
CAPCOM: Roger. I'll standby.
00 04 25 05
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Hawaii Cap Com.
00 04 25 08
John Glenn: Go ahead, Hawaii.
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CAPCOM: Have you completed pre-retro check list at this time?
00 04 25 13
John Glenn: That's affirmative. I'm just now completing it.
00 04 25 17
CAPCOM: Roger. Can you comment again on this, the attitude system with respect to the, respect to the visual reference, how you feel about this at this time?
00 04 25 28
John Glenn: Well, it's into, it's in and out of orientation mode right now and is wasting fuel, in yaw. I may have to cut it in yaw, I don't know. It appears to be correcting, though, at the present time or maybe the scanners are correcting it okay now.
00 04 25 42
CAPCOM: Roger, what mode are you in now?
00 04 25 44
John Glenn: I'm in ASCS, automatic.
00 04 25 47
CAPCOM: Understand.
00 04 25 51
CAPCOM: Did you understand the Cape would like you to change your clock by one second, to 04 32 37?
00 04 25 58
John Glenn: Negative. I'll change it right now.
00 04 26 03
John Glenn: Okay. Time is now 04 32 and 37.
00 04 26 08
CAPCOM: We confirm with TM readout.
00 04 26 10
John Glenn: Roger.
00 04 26 13
CAPCOM: Everything looks good on the ground. The inverter temperatures are a little high; 225° on the 150, 212° on the 250. Everything else looks pretty good.
00 04 26 22
John Glenn: Roger.
00 04 26 28
CAPCOM: Surgeon would like to know ff you're still comfortable.
00 04 26 31
John Glenn: Roger, I'm in very good shape. I'll go through exercise bit in just a minute here, as soon as I get done with check list.
00 04 26 45
John Glenn: Okay, going through light test. Okay, checks okay.
00 04 27 38
John Glenn: Okay, 5 minutes to retrograde, light is on.
00 04 27 43
CAPCOM: Rog, 5 minutes to retrograde, light on.
00 04 27 54
CAPCOM: TM is breaking up now. Friendship Seven, would you like a G.m.t. time hack?
00 04 27 58
John Glenn: Roger, please.
00 04 28 00
CAPCOM: On my mark G.m.t. will be 19 plus 15 plus 45—MARK.
00 04 28 08
John Glenn: Roger.
00 04 28 10
CAPCOM: GET on my mark will be 04 plus 2. …
00 04 28 18
John Glenn: Say again capsule elapsed time please. Over.
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00 04 28 21
CAPCOM: Give you a new hack. On my mark it will be 04 plus 28 plus 35, six seconds.
00 04 28 29
John Glenn: Roger. Let me give you a hack and figure a new retrograde time from the Cape. My time from launch will read 04 plus 28 plus 45 on my mark. Standby, 2, 3, 4, MARK.
00 04 28 49
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Hawaii Cap Com. You were breaking up at the last, I could not read your time hack.
00 04 28 56
John Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. I'll give you another time hack at 04 plus 29 plus 10. Standby, 7, 8, 9, MARK.
00 04 29 14
John Glenn: Hawaii, did you receive? Over.
00 04 29 28
John Glenn: Hello Hawaii, did you receive?
00 04 29 56
John Glenn: Hello California, Friendship Seven. Over.
00 04 30 11
John Glenn: Hello California Cap Com, Friendship Seven. Over.
00 04 30 20
John Glenn: Hello California Cap Com. Friendship Seven. Over.
00 04 30 32
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is California Cap Com. Read you loud and clear, how me?
00 04 30 35
John Glenn: California Cap Com, Friendship Seven, UHF. Do you receive now? Over.
00 04 30 41
John Glenn: Hello California Cap Com, Friendship Seven, UHF. Over.
00 04 30 45
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, California Cap Com. How do you read? Over.
00 04 30 48
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Loud and clear. How me? Over.
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John Glenn: Hello California Cap Com, Friendship Seven. Over.

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