:40:01
- R&D A, off.
- D.F.I. Power, off.
:40:04
R&D instrumentation A, off.
:40:12
R&D instrumentation A, off.
:40:27
Okay, Deke.
:40:29
I'm gonna have to recommend
we scrub the E.V.A. Tomorrow.
:40:33
We got you, Jim.
:40:35
Jim, if Rusty doesn't do the E.V. A...
:40:41
I understand the ramifications, Dave.
:40:45
I just don't think it's safe
for you to do it.
:40:48
I don't think we can put you
in a pressurized suit...
:40:50
if it looks like you're gonna throw up.
:40:53
We'll proceed with
the checklist tomorrow.
:40:54
We'll check out as many systems
as we can without undocking.
:40:59
It's just gonna have to be it.
:41:02
If Rusty were to throw up in a suit,
he'd likely asphyxiate and die...
:41:05
before Jim could get him
back into the LEM and repressurize.
:41:08
But if Rusty didn't test the backpack...
:41:10
the LEM couldn't undock
from the command module.
:41:13
When Jim cancelled the E.V.A.
We all understood...
:41:16
but we were devastated.
:41:18
LEM 3 would not fly.
:41:29
The next day, as Rusty and Jim
went through their checklist...
:41:31
the mood around NASA was pretty grim.
:41:41
The mood lifted a little when one of
Jim's air-to-ground transmissions...
:41:43
made everyone smile.
:41:46
- Well, almost everyone.
- Houston, this is Apollo 9.
:41:49
Go ahead, Apollo 9.
:41:51
Houston, if some of our friends
from Grumman are listening in...
:41:54
I suggest on the next LEM they give
an extra go with a vacuum cleaner.
:41:57
We got a few odds and ends
floating around in here.