The last exchange between the crew and the ground began on an unsettling note. “I know all of us here want to thank all you guys down there for the very fine job you did,” Swigert said, as if he thought this might be his last chance to say it. Then the atmosphere lightened. “I sure wish I could go to the FIDO party tonight,” added Swigert, a bachelor with a Center-wide reputation as a ladies’ man. CapCom Joe Kerwin advised Swigert that the controllers would be glad to call any phone numbers that Swigert might want to pass down.
