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PAO Skylab Control, Greenwich mean tlme

17 hours 36 minutea. Acqui81tio~ coming throulh Goldstone
in 1 minute for the pre confer~nce, the last and final
press conference in the Skylab program with the crew from
1nf11ght, questiona 8ubmitted to Hission Control Center by
representatives of the news media. ~e'll bring the line up
for this stateaide pass. Reading the questions to the crew
will be CAP COKM Dick Truly. '
CC Skylab. Houston. Hello atateside for
15 .inutea. W. do have TV. How do you hear me1
CDR Read you loud and clear. Dick. How me?
CC Loud and clear. I have a number of
questiona hare to pa on to you ,uy. 80 I'll just read them
verbattm hara, and we'll let on with it if you're ready.
CDR ' Okay.
PLT Let's set a coma check on each one
of the cre . . en. PLT; How do you read?
CC Bill, I read you loud and clear. How lie?
PLT Fine.
SPT Okay, Dick. How do you read me?
CC Ed, I read you loud and clear also. How
,.e1
SPT Very ,ood. Thank you.
CDR Let har rip.
CC Ro,er . The first question, Jerry, is
for you, for Commander Carr. What do you feel have been the
major accomplishmente of this lIission, <and have you proven
that .an can pretty much do as he wanta to in epace con-
sldering working, livin, and repairs?
CDR I think the major accomplishmenta in this
particular mis.10n are - are several. I think the biggest
major accomplishment Is the - the tenure, the - the length
of the stay. We've ahown that man can do what we thought he
c ould do and that is co.e up here and set up housekeeping
in apace, that he can adjuat to hie 'new enviro"aent and I
think from a med1cal .tandpoint the medical experiments have
already shown ao far that we right now aopear to be in better
pny .tcal cond1tion then when we left, and I think the other
accomplishmenta are in particular - Ed'll probably let an
opportunity to talk about it, but in the solar area t think
th~ fact that we managed to catch 'the full riae of a solar
tlare 1s e1,n1icant event. The fsct that we cau,ht the
br!ght~8t coronal transient that's ~een seen froll up here t
think i8 si8~tficant. In the area of Earth resources we
have done na.rly 45 Earth resources passes around the Earth.
We~e ,atherad a heck of a lot of data and I think that is
ind . ...d 81I1n1icant. And lalt but not least is we took the
t1me, be.tore we left to do some study on how to do Earth

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observations from out the window and do handheld photography.

and it's our impres8ion that ~e have really covered a lot
of ground 88 far 88 letting photography r from handheld cam-
era. and we feel . real good about that and I think that's that's
been a very signtficant input from thi. m18s10n.
SPT Dick. If you'll allow me, let me add a
couple of things on there. We a180 had, I think, quite an
extensive comet observing progra_. and although the bright-
ness of the comet was not what we predicted I think the al1-
out effort which people all around the world put on it and
particularly up here where we were able to make a large
number of attitude excursions of the vehicle and point at
the comet learned something of its spectra which is going
to tell us of what it's composed, I think is a very signi-
ficant achievement . . And I think one that speaks well for
all of Skylab, just oura, but that is that in apite of some
fairly major hardware problems, we've been able to pull off
all three miaaions and - extend aura beyond what we orig -
inally anticipated. We put .a sunsha~e up to take care of a
problem we had with theraal micro - micrometeoroid shield
coming off. We've h.d rate gyro problems and had to fix
thoae. On EVA that va. - bo - both were done on Skylab I
and Skylab II, and we've lost a control moment gyro and have
been able to do the moat extensive .aneuverinR yet of sny
of the mis8ions on two eHCa. So we're all pretty proud of
not just our mission but the whole seriea.
CC Roger, IUYs. Appreciate the answer. and
we certainly agree with you. This next question is for Bill
Pogue. Now that your miasion is almoat over, do you feel
disappointed about any aspect of your flilht?
PLT Well. I don't think sO really. I think
that we feel like w - aa we - as has already been said. We
feel like that we've done very well in spite of some of ad-
verae circumatances. Looking back, it's in a couple of
things we mentioned in particular was the repair on the
primary coolant loop, which waa conducted and completed
early in our flight, carryinR on from what Ed said from the
earlier flight, 80 that was a major repair job and represen-
ed a task that had not been done before. We also have
worked outaide EVA and made major mode Or repairs, sort of
a combinatton of the two, on one of the radar antennas ~hich
was a part of th, Earth resources package and also on the
Apollo teleacope mount, one of those telescopes was malfunc-
tioning. so by and large I think that we have - although we
would h,ve liked to maybe have had everything working 100
perc~nt, in view of the fact that it wasn't we've done very
well in spite of that fact and we feel like we'll be bringing
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back the best data possible for the situation that existed
when we got here.
ce Roger. Bill. Th~nk you very much. This
one's for Ed Gibson. Yous is the la~t American crew that
will fly for at least 18 months. How do you feel about the
long gapa between flights in the next 6 to 8 years and what
do you feel ie man's long-term future in space?
SPT Of course, Dick. I think everybody
88sqclated with the program would like to see us have more
flights in the coming years; however. I think what we're
building up to, that's the ability to get man in and out of
orbit with a lot of flexibility, cheaply and easily so that
we can fly the most competent people for the given mission
to be performed, I think we're all hQPpy to see that coming
down the road and we're going to have to pay the price
of not having a few missions continuing on here in order to
get that capability but it's going to be well worth it.
And let's hear the second part of that question again.
please, Dick.
CC I think you kind of answered it. It was
how do you feel about the long gaps in the next few years
and what do you feel is man's long-term future in space?
SPT Okay. Long-term future; I think that
wetr~ going to be going in two directions again. One is
exploration and the other is utilization. Now we've done
both on Skylab. We've been able to explore some new fron-
tiers and we "ve been able to utiliae. Earth resources cer-
tainly 1. one of utilization of a capability to get up
here and use the space station. We're going to be building
space stations eventually in the future and extending the
various types of activities we just started here. and we're
going to be exploring. There's no doubt in my mind we're
going to he visiting other planets. When that is, I can't sa-.
It's ' when the American people chose to - to make that effort.
Those are two directions which are inevitable. How fast
they come 1s really up to the desires of the people.
CC Okay, Ed. Thank you very much, and
back to Jerry Carr. You guys have been in space longer than
anyone betore. What psychological and mental problems do
you / for.aee for apace travelers on very long flights to.
8ay~ Kara?
CDR I think probably the psychological prob-
lems that you would probably fac~ ( on a mission that long
would be the aame kl~d of psychological problems you get up
north in the winter when you're locked in the cabin for
month. o~ on an island, island fever, cabin fever. that sort of
thing, That ts the - the lack of the ability to get away.

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You're stuck with the .urroundln~s and there's not a whole
heck of a lot you can do about changing your 9urro"ndings,
and 80 what you need to d~8ign in a future spacecraft that
are going to do things like go to Mars, 1s you're going
to have to design lots of - of ways to divert yourself, rec -
recreation, reading, things like that. You got - you got
to be able to 8S w~ 8ay in the flying game, you got to be
able to close the hangar doors when you go home, and when
you're on a year or 2-year mission ypu're going to have to
have a place that you can call home and you're going to have
to be able to go to that and be by yourself or - and do what
what you want to do , and I think thae's probably the major
psychological problem we1re going to have to work out. I
think the "submariners understand this too. The guys who
spent 30 to 60 days underwater most certainly do understand
this problem too. and they're working it as well as we are.

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cc - - dark. You IUY. have b n in space

longer than anyone before. What psychological and .ental
proble do you foreaee for apace traveler. on very long
flights to, .ay, Mara?
CDR 1 chink probably the psychological
problem that you would probably face 'on a .18.10n that l o ng
would be the a.ae kind of paycholoa1cal probl you get
up north in the ~intert when you're locked in the the cabin
for aontha, or on an island. l:.l~nd. fever, cabin fever.
that aort of thiog. That 1. the , lack of the ability to let
away. You're stuck with a surroundlns and there'. not a
whole hack of a lot you can do .about chanltog your surround-
lnS8. And 80. what you need to' deaisn in the future spa c e-
craft If you're loinl to do thinga like go to Mara, ia you're
golng to have to d lan late of - of ways to d1vert yourself;
recreation, readinl, thinls like that. You've got to - you've
got to be able to - al we say in the flylnl la.e, you've
got to b. sble to cloae the hanlar door. when you go home.
And when you're on a y e ar or 2-y.ar .1 ion, you're Baing
to have to have a place that you, ,can call ho.e. And you're
gOlng to have to be able to go to that and be by yourself
or - and do what you want to do. And , I thlnk, that'.
probably the .ajor paychololical prob J ea we're going to have
to work out. I think the aubmariners understand thi6 too .
The IUY. who spend 30 - 60 daya under water, most certainly
do underatand thl. proble., too . And they're wOTking it
aa well a. w. are.
CC R.oger, Jerry. Thank you very much .
Thi. one'. for Ed Gibson. Ba.ed on your medical studies,
what do you predlct your physical condition wl1l be after
spla.h down?
SPT Okay, Di ck. As Jerry a lre a dy pointed
out, we're 1n better condition than when we left in the sense
that cardiova.cular, that i, the ability to perform work with
ullng - u8ing oxygen . And - E.pecially your ability to util1ze
oxygen. In that re.pect we're ahead. We, of course,
have not had anyone-I atimulua to our inner ear. We don't
know exactly how that'. going to affect us 1n term. o f
d1zlinel We're golnl to try to _ake the b t of that one.
Go at it alow , not try to rush lnto it when we get down o n
the ground. And I'm lure there's lome muscles in our bodies
which we have not uaed. And eVlln though we have
exercia.d quite rigorously in .~ny waya, the 1 Iravity down
there tended to ule d1(ferent muacles and we're going to
find that we're loing to be a little aore, probabl y. But,
all and all, I think. we're going to' co.e out pretty well.
And I thi~k if we're in a kind of sltuation which requires
ua to uae our phyaical capabilities when we first got down,
I would have no f.ar of it.
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cc Roger. Ed. Thank you very much. Back

to Jerry Carr. There's 'een a marked lack of public interest
In your flight. What do ' you think causes thi8. and does it
bother you?
CDR Well, I think, people just get use to
things. Think about ahout 10 ~r 12 or 15 years ago
when the space program was first getting going, there was
a decided interest in i t then. Lots of action, lots of
interesting things. But I think peopl~ get use to these
things. People except them into thel"r lives, and when you
except 80mething into your life. you begin to - to kind of
take it for granted. And I must say it does kind of disturb
me. because, I don't think anybody lik~8 to see his work
taken for granted. Nobody does, but this is a human - a
human thing. It's a human - sort of a characteristic. And
I guess, as long as things stay rather routine in the space
program as it has been lately, I think~ what we consolidate,
essentially, what we gained in space exploration, I think
probably the public interest will stay pretty low. But when
the spectar.ular's come off, people will be interested.
CC Okay, Jerry. Thank you very much.
We've got .bout 4 minutes left here and I still have a number
of questions. This one's for Bill Pogue .. Do you feel your
time in space has been well spent and what rewards has the
American public reaped from the expense?
PLT Well, I think our time has been well spent,
of couree. I thought that before we came and I still think it.
And as far as the rewards are concerned, I feel that most of
the reward will be sometime in making full provision. Now
some of our activities have already benefited certain areas
(garble) alrE.ady, some of our visu!6l opera - observations.
Observations out the window by eye have revealed certain
things around the world. For instance, a new current the
coast - the northern coast of the island of New Zealand.
This was not known to exist. And when we first reported
that, we had quite a few questions come back on that . (Garble)
we checked it out again and it's there and we've documented
it with photographs over a period of time. It's also. of course,
possible that some of th@ other visual observations we've made
on ice - ice movem~nt would be of immediate benefit. Weather
observations will also be immediate of benefit. But. I think.
a lot of the things. for instance. the good that will come
out of some of the solar observations - observations with the
Apollo telescope mount, will be years in reaching full formation.
Some of the results will probably ~anifest themselves in new
theories and new ideas almost immediately. Otllers will take a
long time before they will actually go through the full process
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hard to. 10 year. from now, y, hey look. we went back on

Skylab 1, 2. and 3. We developed - we brought back data
that led to chi. development . And at that t1me it's not
going to be exciting at all. because at that t1me i t will
be ancient hi.tory. But I fe e l th a t thoee a r e t he k ind o f
benefit. which wi l l probabl y be mo~e dramatic -in histo r i c al
perspective and a Ome of the thinge ~hlch more or les s ex c it e
the i gination rilht now . I mean, of course, th o se are im -
portant and we're very ex c ited about them ourselve s , be c ause
we c an aee aoa.thing coming of It. The Earth resour c e s is
another area which you may take 80me time to (garble) ph o t o -
graphic data . The photographic and vi a ual Imag e ry will pr ov ide
immediat useful data in many c a~ee i~ which might find a p pli ca -
tions in various parts of the world. We've not just ph o t o gr a phe d
the continental United States . We have done considerable
work in the continent of South America and .leo in Africa .
The - These photographs, of course, will be available to
the 80vernaentl and they will u the. iamediately . Now
80me of the other data require. much more .ubtle proces8ing
and consider. and lana term consideration. It's g OinR to be a
10nR ti , I think - not ybe as long as - it sort of depend s o n
ju.t hov ba.ic a theory you're working with . But , I think
it vtll be perhaps lome time before all the Earth resources
data will reach application stage . And it ' s go i ng - we're
going to haye to more or leas, I think, s e ll the id e a
tha t v '. did thi. , and when I .ay we, I mean the Nati o nal
Aeronautica and Space Administration, working in co njun c tion
with aeveral other governmental agencie. in f o r e ign c ontinents
that we - we in this period of time. did colle c t thi s data .
which la nov being over aeveral year. and will co ntinu e to
ftnd applicatio n s .
CC Roger, Bill. Thank you very much .
We "re about 30 aeconda to LOS . Vanguard comes up at 1 8 :03.
See you ther ~. Real quickl y - Well I ' . not sure we have
tr..,e to get an an.wer on thiS, bu't 1.'11 ask it anywa y . And
Ed, you can pa.s it down - -

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cc ai~l. thank you very .ueh. We're about

)0 seconda to LOS. V.nluard eoa up at 18:03. see you there.
Real quickly. I" m not aure we have c1ae to get an answer
on this one. I'll k it anyway , and Ed, you can pass i t
down after aoae thought. The other day you reeorded the
birth, life, and death of Bolar flara . Briefly what will
this data tell aeientiata about the Sun and ita relation s hip
to Earth. We're golng over the hill here . but you might
think about that one and pass y our anawer down when you get
a chance.
SPT In ahort, learning to predict. We don~t
underatand why a flare occurs and how to be able to predict
exactly when it doe8. Be able to underatand that and predict
much better and it will be a benefit not only to people on
Earth but a180 future apaee travel :
CC Okay, Ed , 1 lot it. Thank you very much.
PAO Skylab Control, Greenwieh mean time
11 hour. 53 .1nute.. Loaa of alanal through Texas tracking
atation . Next aequlsition in 8 Minute. and 50 aeconds will
be Vanguard where the press conferenee will be picked up
again . 18 minutes devoted to Q&A seesien with the crew on
thia the final .i.610n in Skylab, and the final press conferenc ~
in apaee for the Skylab program . We have a IO-minute pass
through Vanguard ln 8 mlnutes and 30 aeeond . We'll bring
the llne baek up at that tlme. This i. S.kylab Control at
Greenwieh an tille 11 hour. 54 minutea.
PAO Skylsb Control, Greenwich mean time 17
hours 56 minute.. Correction that ~ the preas eonference has
been concluded. It will not be eontiriued through Vanguard.
Vanguard aequisitlon in 6 minutea and 15 aeconds. At Gr e enwi c h
mean time 17 hours 56 minutes, thi~ 18 Skylab Control.

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CC Okay.
SPT Okay. Really, not just ability to pre-
dict 1. 80ing to coae out of this thing. but a flare
eS8entlally 1 way of storing energy and the energy is all
that - Is stored 1~ the atriosphere of the Sun and now all of
sudden rele.sed very rapidly an~ In large quantities, and
that mechant of rele.a. ta ao thing wa don't understand
and I think i t ' b ic problem, basic physical problem.
astrophysiea If :you will, and ~nce we underatand that we
may have application for it el where in addition to just
under.tandiDa the Sun and other astrophysical objects . So
i t ' . a snerKY eonveralon b ic problem and out comes basic
knowledle which 1. application.
CC . Okay, Ed. Thank you very much for your
extra worda. And SPT, HOUlton. In preparation for your
atartinl a little bit of ATK today I've lot a little update
on the Sun. Active region 39 rapidly emeraed. It gave one
a.a11 flare and 1a now dec11nin~. AIIO, prominence 92 is
quiet, quie.cent returning feature near 30/1.0.
SPT Thank you, Dick.
ee Roger.
ee Sky1ab, HOUlton. We're a minute to LOS .
Tananarive at 18:31.
PAO Sky1ab Control, Greenwich mean time
18 hour. 14 minute.. Lo.a of algnal through Vanguard . Next
ac~ui.it1on in 16 hour. 4S aecond. will be Tananarive tracking
atation for a 4~.inute-4S-.econd paa.. We'll bring the line
back up at that ' tiae. This ia Skylab Control at Greenwich
mean ti 18 houra 4S - 18 houra ' 14 .inute .

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\
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TIME: 14:08 CDT, 77:19:08 GMT
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PAO Skylab Control, Greenwich mean time
19 hours 8 minutes . 10 minutes away from acquisition through
Goldstone. We have an .nnounce~en~ h~re. Skylab i8 cleared
for m18.10n completion of 84 days. William C. Sehneider. Skylab
Program Director announced today that the record-breaking
third and final Sky lab Mann.d Mi ion haa been aiven approval
for continuation to the end of the planned 84-day period.
Reentry and recovery will be Friday. February 8. with splash-
down expected at ' 10:17 . m. central dayliaht tia approx-
imately 175 atatute ml1ea southwest of San Diego. Approval
for extending the .1.,10n followed review of the inflight
medical data and ; recommendatlon of the NASA Director for
Life Sciences Dr. Charles A. Berri and an evaulation of
Skylab's comsumablel and hardware status. This concludes
the announcement. Next acquisition will be in 9 hours -
9 minutes and 30 seconds through GOldstone . Skylab Control .
Greenw1ch mean time 19 hours 17 minute.. A brief pass
through the Gold.tone tracking station 4 minutes in duration.
Bring the l1ne up for CAP COMM Dick Truly aa the crew has
the rest of the day off with a ATM se88ion for Science
Ptlot Ed Gibson. The crew ha. been given a GO for the 84
day mi.810n. Spla.hdown scheduled for February 8 80uthwest
of San DielO in the Pacific. We'll bring the line up for
this pas., 4 minutes in duration.
ee Skylab, Hou.ton. We're AOS Goldstone
for 4 minuta
PLT ROler Dick.
ce SPT. Hou8ton. I've got another late
solar act~v~ty update for you. At 16:55 Zulu there was a
8u&flare from active region 38 and a180 prominence 92 that
I mentioned betore at 30/1.0 is reported active by Sacramento
Peak.
SPT Okay, thank you Dick.
CC Roger, and eDR, .Ho-u ston I if you have a
lecond.
PLT Go ahead, he'. listening .
ec Roger, th~ pre conference that we had -
the time. involved in anawering! th\e question "s - it turned out
that there were tour - four que.iiona that we particularly
wanted to ask you, They came from some students that did it as
a cIa projact, And we were wondering over the next few
pa es if I might read them up and you might give ua the
anawer. to tha. of cour.e without television.
eDR Y.ah, I gue we can.
ee Okay, let me te~l you a little about it.
Jerry, fir.t and maybe we can get one . of thea in here. They
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came from a group of 6th grade science students at the
Gardner-Dickinson School in Wyant.kill, New York. Aa a
cIa project the student. submitted questiona for Skylab
to the local paper of the Troy Tim Record which aelected
aeveral and relayed the. of a comaitte. - to a committee
ot newamen here at JSC. That co ittee 1n turn picked four
of them to k you. The first o~e 1s Drew Smith asks if
you find it ier to live in velghtlelane than 1n Earth's
gravity and want. to know if you would like to exist in
lero I all the t1me. We atl11 have about 2 minutes here.
And while you're thinking about that one, SPT, Houston.
We'd 11ke H-Alpha-l night interloek switch to override.
CDR I guea. I would tell Bruce that yes it
ia eaaier to let around and to do . pl.yatcal thinlS in zero
I. But I don't think I would warit to be in zero I for the
reat of my life becaus. mainly man waa born to, you know,
with hia Earth environment around him and so when he's in
zero 8 he'. really out of his environment. Arid I think it
would take man many years to addapt to the point where he
would teel perfectly at home in zero a. He would have to
co.p~etely adapt to hi. new environ.ent. There's lots of
tun thinas to do in zero I, but there's lot of fun things to
do in one I too.
CC Roger Jerry, thank you very much for
the ~nawer. Vanguard 1. comlng up at 19:40, that'll be the
ATH conterence with Bill Lenoir. And we're acheduled to
dump the data/voice recorder there. Maybe if Bill geta
throulh eerly there or the next pass, I can ask you the
other three que. tiOna that I have . There's three more. See
you there.
PAO Skylab Control, Greenwich mean time 19
hours 23 minut Acquiaition coming through Vanguard in
16 minutea . One of the final ' fe~ qe.tions of the press
conterence read up to the crew, an.wer by Commander Carr.
possibly t~e other three queations submitted by the
studenta vill be anawered durina the Vanguard pas.. Next
acqui.ition In 16 minutee. At Greenwich mean time 19 hours
24 minutea, thi' 1. Sky lab Control.

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"exposurea 11ke patrol ahorta normal. and longs. But weIll

get back with you later on tWat.
SPT Okay. It - I hate to aee any camera go back
down with out 80me frame. exposed.
MeC Right.
ec Skylab. Houston. We 8tl11 have about
3 minute. here. I ' l l ask a couple more of these question
here maybe we can get them out of the vay. We appreciate
you anavering thea for uao A young lady named Mary Signorelli,
wanta to know if the long confinement haa led to any irritation
amon~ the crewmen and whether you ever get to any - into any
fights up there?
SPT No I think you can tell Mary. that all of
ua end up working toward the same thinga and we get along
pretty well up here. We're all pretty much the aame nature,
and it worked out real well, no problem.
ee Okay, thank you. Here'. one II. sure
you'll enjoy giving 80.e thought to. Several of the studenta,
obviously concerned about your well being, aaked if you missed
female co.panionahip.
SPT What grade did you aay that was Dick?
ec That one didn't have any name with it .
It was the aixth grade.
SPT Obviously, yea.
ee And SPT, Houston on 82B we'd like a
1 second guard expoaure. It'. On the pad I think . We still have
about a minute and 40 aeconda here. I have one more question
I~ll paaa up to you here.
SPT Okay, go ahead. A young fellow named
Mark Schneillng - Schnellbaecher - Hark Schnellbae c her wants
to know if yon feel that you are more of a man now, as compared
with before you left, and if so in what ways?
CDR Okay, we'll let the PlT answer that one .
PlT That's alot Jer. Well you say it again
please Dick.
ee Roger, he want~s to know if you feel that
you~re more of a man now as compared with before y o u left, and
it so in what way? We've got about a minute Bill.
PLT Well, I don't know what c onstitutes his
deftnition of a man. If it means dealing with problems. I
suppose that we have learned a little bit how to deal better
with problema of a peraonal nature, and of - of say problems
of the type that occur in spacecraft. Because obviously,
although we were well trained we never faced the actual situation
unttl we got up here. So I gue in that regard I suppose
we "re better cre.,..n in that we have obviously learned
something aince we've been up h,re. Ii he's tracking the
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question more toward a philb80phl~.1 vein then t would sort
of have to beg off. Becauae I think that this 18 sort of
ae1f analysis " takes a 10Dg period of ti~e. 4nd we'd like
to think that we have cured 80me aince we've been up here .
But wetll just have .to wait more and le88 see how we react
when we get back.
SPT Hey, Dick I guess I'd have to answer . yes
to that question. because with tho.e beards you'd never mistake
them for fe lea.
CC Roger that. Both of those are good anawer s.
We're going LOS here at the Vanguard. I give you a call
when we get to Tananarive at 20:04. And we appreciate you
putting up with ae and anawering thoae extra four questions.
Thank you very .ueb .
. PAO This 18 Sky lab Control 1088 of 8ignal at
tracking ship Vanguard. And a eombin.tion of ATM Scien c e
Conference between Dr . William Lenoir here in Mission Control
and Scienca Pilot Ed Gibson aboard Skylab. And picked up
three more questions from the inflight pre conference.
Second set of questions having been submitted from the sixth
grade science class at Gardner-Dickinson School 1n Wyant8kill,
New York. W.'ll return for voiee relay station Tananarive in
12 minutes. At 19:52 Greenwich mean time this i8 Sky lab
Control.

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