Apollo 17 Transcript, 1972

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Tape 46/5
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CDR
Okay, I just wanted you to
we saw them.
That's all.
- just told them like
CC
Roger.
CDR
I will say one thing, though; no question in my
mind but that they're there.
Last trip I took,
I guess I just wasn't looking for them or paying
any attention to them.
Maybe they were there and
I ignored them because of other things.
But they're
there.
LMP
Okay, all you flash bugs down there - or flash­
bulbs I guess is the word - frame 50.
I just took
four pictures to show - two on the side and two
on the bottom - to show the position of the ALFMED,
and one of them of each set was focused on the
ALFMED.
The others were focused on the - the
other set was focused on the struts.
CC
Roger, Jack.
LMP
And when you don't have anything else to do, why
don't you have somebody predict where the S-IVB
is.
I think I've got her spotted - behind us and
above us with respect to the Earth and our travel
from it.
CC
FIDO just went
get working on
out
it.
and shot himself, but we'll
LMP
Oh, don't worry about it.
Shoot.
I thought you
guys might have an idea off-the-cuff there.
CC
No, what's humorous on this, Jack, is they have
really been working on that S-IVB impact point -
and they've really been - it's been a -
a real
difficult problem for them so far.
LMP
I'll tell you, I bet you Ron could give a star
sighting on it (laughter).
I looked at it through
the monocular and sure looks like the S-IVB.
CC
Jack, we're not doubting you at all.
probably start cranking it right now.
We could