Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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something was wired up wrong or something in i t because
it was not working right.
Conrad
We didn ' t really get a chance to evaluate it too well
because we had trouble with it so we stopped using it
and by the time we ' d been able to do anything with it
we had other problems, fuel problems and so forth . So
we never did get back to using it again.
Cooper
Well, we had other control system problems which were
overpowering, platform problem wise, but we did try one
burn on the platform and it was a terrible mistake.
The
darn thi ng did not have the accuracy to really hold it
and we got one foot per second in and out of plane there.
Conrad
Yeah. That was in those coeliptic .
Cooper
In one of those, that coeliptic burns and we ~ade our
other burns then on Rate Command and man, that Rate
Command system is just beautiful. It holds that space­
craft so tight that it can ' t vary.
Conrad
Yeah.
We had a beautiful control system, I thought.
When
Gordo made any of the burns on the Rate Command or
anything l i ke that it really responded -­ well.
Coope1:
Rate Command has tremendous torqueing.
Boy, it ' s strong
and it ' s instantaneous and you can just stop it right on
the money.
Really good.