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Offline bfeist

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108:15:37 Network controller gets in trouble for not responding to Flight
« on: July 20, 2020, 09:55:31 pm »
...due to whitehouse communications setup. I believe he was later sent home, but I can't find the clip that refers to that.
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=108:15:37
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Re: 108:15:37 Network controller gets in trouble for not responding to Flight
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2020, 01:46:39 am »
Interesting. It sounds to me like Charlesworth is kidding with him but I can't work out how long he was actually waiting for a response.

This reminded me of a somewhat comparable incident the day before the landing, when the crew woke up early from their sleep period and no one heard them calling for a long while. Except for Yaw, who didn't mention it. In the end it was FIDO who confessed this to Flight.

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=069:23:42&ch=50

FIDO (Jay Greene): Flight, FIDO. Yaw says he heard them. He says he heard them call about three times.
Flight (Glynn Lunney): Yaw, if you heard that, why didn't you mention it in the room?
FIDO: Yeah, we should have.
Flight: Yeah!
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Re: 108:15:37 Network controller gets in trouble for not responding to Flight
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2020, 11:32:59 am »
Found it! He did get in trouble but wasn't sent home for this. He was sent home the night before for something else.
http://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=132:07:15&ch=11
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Re: 108:15:37 Network controller gets in trouble for not responding to Flight
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2020, 11:35:24 am »
Huh, very interesting!
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Re: 108:15:37 Network controller gets in trouble for not responding to Flight
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2021, 08:53:51 am »
(Apologies for the necropost.)

Comm decorum is a BIG deal in the MOCR. During Apollo 13, I think Lunney, Griffin and Windler all grumbled at controllers for not having the air-to-ground loop punched up when the crew asked a question. I can totally believe a controller would be thrown out for making that same mistake twice.
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