Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Number 1 was firing and it was just tailing off when
number 2 took in. It had the proper sequence on i t .
Number 2 had completely stopped and there was an
interval ther e of, it seemed like, several seconds.
It wasn
1 t , but it seemed like there was a definite
distinct -­
Between 3 and 4 was the one that. really seemed l ike an
eternity.
There was a definite distinct separate interval
there where there was no firing going on.
Then 3
fired.
Then there was an even longer interval in
there involved and then 4 fired.
Yes.
That was long enough between 3 and 4 for me to
think maybe the fourth one wasn ' t going to f ire at
all.
I think we ought to get some comments on the night
Oh, we weren ' t even aware of it .
We had the lights up bright in the cockpit -­
We went with the lights bright
We decided we ' d play it just like we did in the
simulator, just like we were going to be in the simu­
lator, you know, with all the lights up br ight and not
even worry about what was going on out the wi ndow.
However, I did sneak a little peaky or t wo and you
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