Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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decided that something wasn't reading right and I realized
that I hadn' t blown the doors on the cold IR and I blew
them and at that time the REP was at 25JO feet from us ,
which is the end of the experiment, but I think it was
still reading- ­
But it was still reading on the, according to the gage.
Yeah. I think that cold IR read to a great, great thing.
Now, the Radar gage, this is where--here comes the next
mystery- the radar gage said the REP waE leaving us at
this point in time and that-­
Five feet per second?
Yeah. I have 3 1/2 feet per second written down.
Oh, at that particular point.
Oh, wel:. i t - - when we
first got our first measurement on it ·;he range rate on
my analog dial over there read exactly 5 feet per second
that it was going away from us.
Yeah. Okay.
Right on the money.
To go back to the D-4 in time it was 0.2, it was 02+ 16+ 15
when I blew the doors, which was corre3ponding to
2500 feet and I ran that REP D- 4 recorder until 02+37+12
and--okay, now.
That darn REP!
Gordo had the needles
right on the REP and that REP was going straight out
from us at 270 on the ball. It just went, I just
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