Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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lower altitudes.
... started glowing and burning and it was as
stable as a rock as long as I could see it.
Did you ever see it tumbl e?
No , never did.
Okay. It was behind us and it looked like it
just ate the front tight off, and I guess when
we first saw it , it was on the order of 200
feet , maybe?
Yes.
And the last time I saw it , it looked like it
was about 3/4 .. ..
That was about the position that I saw the
booster for the first time.
I think you ' re right.
I guess we could see the
dome on it and all that stuff.
As a matter of
fact , it was a pretty good reentry shape.
It
looked stable as a rock.
I t stabilized right out .
So, we finally saw it drop behind us and burn
up.
As it finally started drawing behind us.
We started to get
The first thing I saw was the orange flame- - the
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