Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Cooper
And t hen saying this is your final load.
Verify - ­
Conrad
Bad news.
I 'm r eally mad about that !
Cooper
Then unscheduled and everything else - -
Conrad
I don ' t blame that guy at Carnarvon because he wasn ' t
expecting to send us a load either.
I hlame Houston.
Houston sent it down to them at the las·; minute ,
obviously, and he was doi ng the best he could and
he got rushed.
The whole thing we wanted to do on
reentry and the reason we stowed early md sat there
with nothing to do was to make sure that we were
never rushed.
We weren't until the guy sent that
l oad.
And there we were , 27 minutes fr:>m retrofire ,
and I r eally wasn't convinced we had th~ right load
in the computer even when we left Carnarvon.
Boy,
IIm really mad at that !
Cooper
Conrad
I
Okay. Ive got some recommendations.
I think we
ought to rewrite our TR­ 256 check­off list because
there are too many things that happen en it at TR­ 5
and TR­ 256.
We changed the procedure in f light
I knew I was going to do it that way ar.yhow, in t hat
I brought up the main batteries early.
I brought
them on at 7 minutes.
I verified the computer in