Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Cooper
BECO was right on the money.
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2 . 14 Staging
Conrad
Boy, that staging was smooth too.
Cooper
They told us that BECO was going to occur early, but
it was
Conrad
We did loft a little bit apparently like they said
we woul d because, right after staging ....
2. 15 Engine 2 I gnition
Conrad
Well , Engine 2 ignition, I wasn't even hardly aware of
that other than we just started to get a little, yc,11
know, we just sort of went off the peg at 6 g's and
Gordo said s t aging OK and Engine 2 is good and I
wasn ' t even aware that Engine 2 had lit.
You
can' t hear it, to speak of, but you can feel the
acceleration slowly building up.
FCSD REP
Did you see anything visually?
Conrad
No , I didn't see anything.
I heard the other guys
talking about see the flash at the brig.
Never
saw a thing and I wasn't aware of any flash out
there either.
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Cooper
J didn ' t see anything at all at BEDO.
The best clue
that I have on my side, is that I see the Fuel
and Oxidizer needles start coming down as the engine