Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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We had the drogue out before we went on dual- rings.
Was there any problem?
The thing was steady as a rock all the way.
Yes, it was beautiful.
I ' ve been hearing 40-degree oscillations on the
drogue and all that sort of stuff.
The only
oscallations we had on the drogue were high­
~requency low- amplitude oscillations, where the
drogue was stable, sitting above us steady as a rock,
pulsing longitudinally like this
It squidded super-sonically for we were about 112 -­
And then the shrouds -­
Did you hear about the Mercury tests where the drogue
was
a few times?
The shrouds on the spacecraft had a high frequency 1·ow
amplitude oscillation, but the nose was like 5 degrees,
it seemed to me .
It ' s just surprising.
We were as
steady as a rock as far as I was concerned.
Well, I think the whole
The oscillation was there, but I think the
I think the whole retrofire and reentry is so much
easier than Mercury that I can' t believe it. It is
really a piece of cake.
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