Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965
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we went to drogue chute out, I still couldn't see any decrease in Ring A. Conrad Well, I'm not sure that Ring A wasn ' t out of fuel , somewhere around between 100 000 on down. But the other ring wasn ' t . I know darn well it wasn't . Cooper What do you mean it was? It wasn ' t out before we put the other ring in at all. Conrad No . I know it wasn ' t out before we put the other ring in. Cooper Did you take a look at it around 100 000? Conrad Yes. I know the thrusters were firing. It was firing. Cooper Well, the gauge indicated it still had all kinds of fuel lef t ir1 it just before 100 000. Conrad ! Well, thats regulated pressure . Cooper Yes , it ' s pressure . Conrad It's not going to tell you anything in the way of fuel usage. You have to see source pressure to find out what - we don't have that . Cooper Well , you would - - Conrad I'm not sure that Ring A didn't run out of fuel, but if it did, it did it somewhere around the time we put the other ring on, because we never got any