Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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1.8 Visual
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Nothing....
Oh, yes , wait a minute, I started getting this win­
dow fogging.
Well, let ' s cover that under the right area.
Well, it was actually in the countdown when the
erector went down before liftoff.
Well , okay, allright .
I mean we still had it later.
Well, you want to cover that now then in systems.
Well, is that what this means , is visual, or does
that just mean something else?
Yes, that' s before liftoff. Powered flight is next .
Yes , well t lri,s-tra-,:5pened 6e:f'1
Allright, even before liftoff,
hat this
really is completely unforgiveable.
Each window
was filthy.
Just fogged completely over, and it was
on the inside of the outer pane of glass . It was
within the sealed unit of glass , and it was so
foggy when they lowered the erector that it
it was frozen over solid,
d neither could
Well, it had fogged over before they lowered the
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