Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Or more .
In other words, it continued to try to aline t he platform
at about fifteen degrees . It tried to put the nose on t he
horizon is what it did.
It tried to aline the platform up at fifteen degrees
nose down?
Or more.
I figured it was about somewhere around-­
Well, one time it alined us at about 40 degrees nose
down and it still was indicating in scanner limits .
The scanner got worse as the flight went on, but I don ' t
think it ever worked correctly.
No . I don't think it did, now I look back.
That' s the thi ng right there and I think that this- ­
I 'd l i ke to know what they decided from tracking the
REP on how we put the REP out because we put the REP
out in the proper position, but I don 't think the
platform was alined correctly . We had trouble with that
scanner in the sunlight on the horizon and this was right
when we were using it to aline - just before we put the
REP out.
Just as we were using it to aline and put t he REP out,
the Scanner began to skew all the platform needles off
and it skewed off and, --went to ORBIT RATE.