Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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over.
Conrad
Yes , and I don't think it went right .
I don't
believe it went right , because the Rand R can
was ripped up in the front , and I can show you on
my side the nose went like that and there was some
tape or fiber glass that goes around t he . . ..
It was fiberglass cloth and it was all broken loose
in jagged flaps sticking up t hat, you lmow, had
broken loose from along in here when i.hat cover
went I had decided impression that the cover went
off askew, that it didn't jettison t he: way i t should
have.
And this could be a good point of putting
it back to after insertion.
Cooper
Well, it ' s supposed to go off askew.
Conrad
Yes , well, it just di dn ' t go off clean .
That 's why
this was ripped up, see .
Cooper
Well, it something somebody might look into, but
you don ' t want to recommend that they put back to
after insertion , because your taking a weight
penalty to carry that all the way up.
Conrad
Yes, I realize that , but . . . .
Cooper
It was designed to go off ... .
Conrad
That was the reason in the first place that they
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