Apollo 17 Transcript, 1972

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MARK it. It just crossed through the - ­
Mark.
We got it.
let's call it the XZ plane of the spacecraft.
One unique thing about it, Bob, is that it's got
two flashes.
As it comes around in - in rhythmic
fashion, you get a very bright flash; and then
you get a dull flash.
And then it'll come around
with a bright flash, and then a dull flash.
That's the side and - of the S-IVB - and then the
engine bell, Gene.
The commander doesn't think that I can see the
engine bell on that thing.
Roger, Ja.ck.
Is that with the monocular you're
looking at it?
He couldn't see the engine bell if he had 10 monoc­
ulars.
Okay.
I've got the cable restowed now.
Say again, Ron.
And, Gene, where's your blindfold? ...
Bob, couple of revolutions ago when I was looking
at it, I had a much brighter view and I believe
I was looking at it broadside.
It looks to me like
it may be flashing more or less end-on now.
It's
much, not - not as bright, although it's getting
brighter.
But it's not as bright now as it was
awhile ago.
Roger, Jack.
... we've been noticing that, I think, for about
24 hours or so.
I just - hadn't put it together
as maybe being the S-IVB.
I thought it was just
some other particle out there.
Roger, Jack.
Hey, Robert, what's the final Cowboy score?