Show Bell Beil System Provides Communications Guiding Apollo 12 A life line of communications communications stretch stretchIng stretch stretch- Ing around the world and across space is guiding the Apollo 12 astronauts Inmans Inman's in inman's inmans inmans inman's mans man's second landing on the moon BELL SYSTEM circuits are the principal prin- prin cipal paths by which every type of electrical electrical electrical elec elec- transmission voice transmission voice data video telephoto teletypewriter and telemetry plays a part in the entire flight More than circuits spanning half halfa a million mil miles s make up the largest share of the Apollo communications network network network net net- work that extends around the world said Robert Olsen local manager That circuit mileage Is roughly equivalent to toa toa toa a round trip to the moon SIGNALS FROM the space craft are picked up and transmitted by undersea cables satellite and high frequency radio to the Goddard Space Flight Center Center Center Cen Cen- ter in Greenbelt Maryland From Goddard Goddard Goddard God God- dard the communications are moved via the network to their ultimate destination destination destination des des- at Houston Texas where controllers controllers con con- are watching the progress of the flight ht Bell System circuits are also the principal principal prin prin- cipal paths by which telecasts from Apollo Apol Apol- lo 10 12 and the moon reach viewers in Utah and millions of the people around the world |