Apollo 17 Television coverage of early ALSEP setup

Television coverage of early ALSEP setup: Cernan has driven 190 meters west from the lunar module to the ALSEP site and parked the rover facing east into the sun, about 18 meters northeast of the ALSEP Central Station. This places the rover battery radiators in the shade to promote battery cooling. The scene shows Jack, in front of the the South Massif, using the Universal Handling Tool (UHT) to undo bolts that fasten the Long-Period Surface Gravimeter (LSG: gravity-wave experiment) to the ALSEP pallet. The dark object on the ground to his left is the Radioisotopic Thermoelectric Generator (RTG). He moves to the right carrying the LSG and snares his boot in the cable leading to the Lunar Ejecta and Meteorite experiment. He avoids doing damage and moves further to the right, the camera following, to place the LSG on the surface, first discarding the thermal/dust cover on the ground behind him. The TELMU controller [telemetry, electrical, EVA mobility unit officer - the lunar module environment controller] tells the flight director that Schmitt has been using maximum cooling in his spacesuit for 25 minutes. The EVA controller comes on the flight director's loop repeating the information, and suggests that the capcom remind Jack of the setting he is using to prevent excessive water usage, which might shorten the EVA. A discussion follows on the loop exploring whether Jack's maximum cooling setting was deliberate or accidental. Meanwhile, Gene comes into view deploying the Heat Flow Experiment (HFE).

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[pdmkierst]

great. thanks for posting.