John Company

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