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Apollo 17 Moments of Interest / Question about recovery - An small box go first to swimmers. What is that??
« on: April 25, 2020, 08:29:08 am »
There is a detail puzzling me in the recovery process. It happens exactly at https://apollo17.org/?t=305:00:32
After swimmers have installed the floating collar in the command module and after hatch was opened
Previous to the exit of the crew, they give a small box to the swimmers. This is the transcription from the commentary
305:00:32 RECOV A swimmer has opened the hatch slightly and is talking to the astronauts. The swimmer has fully opened the egress hatch. The astronauts have passed a box to the swimmers and the swimmers have placed it in the egress raft
The small box is stowed safely and then the crew exits the command module one at a time, after inflating their survive collars
Then transfered to the rescue helicopter and then to the main ship Ticonderoga
All the lunar samples and stuff is stowed in the Command Module. Except this small box which is passed to the swimmers
frist of all. Looks like it may containt important items, not to be lost in case of an accident if the command module get lost
in the process of picking it up to the carrier ship
What does this box may contain? Any experts to explain it ?
Best regards
Luis
After swimmers have installed the floating collar in the command module and after hatch was opened
Previous to the exit of the crew, they give a small box to the swimmers. This is the transcription from the commentary
305:00:32 RECOV A swimmer has opened the hatch slightly and is talking to the astronauts. The swimmer has fully opened the egress hatch. The astronauts have passed a box to the swimmers and the swimmers have placed it in the egress raft
The small box is stowed safely and then the crew exits the command module one at a time, after inflating their survive collars
Then transfered to the rescue helicopter and then to the main ship Ticonderoga
All the lunar samples and stuff is stowed in the Command Module. Except this small box which is passed to the swimmers
frist of all. Looks like it may containt important items, not to be lost in case of an accident if the command module get lost
in the process of picking it up to the carrier ship
What does this box may contain? Any experts to explain it ?
Best regards
Luis