[X] My Assistant

[djellison]

Not every day you get to do this - I'm posting from an outhouse of Newton's birthplace - Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire. Yes - it has an apple orchard, and yes, it has his bedroom where he used a south facing window to split light into its spectrum. Sadly, you can't take pictures in the house, but I've got some nice ones from outside that I'll post when we get home in a few hours!


Doug

[dvandorn]

OK -- just for the sake of completeness, the exchange began at four days, six hours, seven minutes and fifty-one seconds into the mission -- mid-day on Christmas Day, 1968. It went like this:

CapCom (Collins): Is this Bill (Anders)?

LMP (Anders): None other.

CapCom (Collins): I got a message for you while you were asleep. Valerie (Anders) said to tell you that she and the kids are leaving for church about 11:30 and eagerly awaiting your return. She said presents are magically starting to appear under the Christmas tree again so it looks like a double barrel Christmas. Over.

LMP (Anders): You can't beat a deal like that. How was Christmas at your house today?

CapCom (Collins): Early and busy as usual. I told Michael (Collins' young son) you guys are up there, and he said who's driving?

CMP (Lovell): (Laughing) That's a good question. I think Isaac Newton is doing most of the driving right now.

CapCom (Collins): Say again.

CMP (Lovell): I think Isaac Newton is doing most of the driving right now.

CapCom (Collins): Roger. We copy.

In my original post, the addition of the line "Was it his friend, Mr. Borman?" comes from Collins' account of the episode in his book, Carrying the Fire. My guess is that Collins' son included that in his original query, but that Collins didn't pass on that portion of the question to the crew, as evidenced by the mission transcript.

-the other Doug