Thats sounds possible. I'll ask Jim Lovell the next time I see him. ;)
I would love to have the pleasure of meeting you some day. I'm sure you
have some great stories and memories to pass along.
Ira Elbert New, IIIWatkinsville, GeorgiaProudly Serving You Since 1964.
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 23:02:18 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Apollo 13
>
> Ira,
>
> I work at NASA/Johnson Space Center. Back when I was in the Mission Ops
> Directorate (MOD), the NASA Branch Chiefs had a direct feed of the prime
> Space-to-Ground link (SG1, I think) from the Mission Control Center (MCC) to
> their offices. That way they could listen to real-time audio during Shuttle
> missions.
>
> If I recall correctly, it was a coax cable from a wall plate to a grey box on
> the cabinet behind their desk. The box had a volume control knob on the side.
> The speakers looked like they had been around from the Apollo, maybe even
> Gemini days.
>
> Maybe the families of the Apollo 13 astronauts were given similar audio
> access over twisted pair cable via the phone lines to their homes in Nassau
> Bay, which is right across the road (NASA Road1) from NASA/JSC??
>
> 73,
>
> Steve Ponder, N5WBI
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> On Nov 3, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Ira Elbert New III <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Here's a question for those of you who are a lot smarter than I
> > am...I'm watching Apollo 13 during the commercial breaks tonight while the
> > ALA - LSU game is on. They show a couple of scenes in the movie where Jim
> > Lovell's wife is listening to the transmissions from the spacecraft. It's a
> > grey speaker, with a NASA logo on it, but it never appears to be attached
> > to a radio. Anybody know anything about this? Did the families have access
> > to the communications? It puzzles me every time I see it.
> > KI4SYC
> >
> > Ira Elbert New, IIIWatkinsville, GeorgiaProudly Serving You Since 1964.
> >
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