Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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erector and then the guys heated it w:.th hot air to
make it go away and that just made th:.ngs wor se when
they lowered the erector.
Cooper
It didn't make it go away all the way.
Conrad
That I s right it made'"it- ~
actually.
Cooper /
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my side in my window ~etweer. the inside
pane and the two outside panes of\\8-~s , I had a
small bee , and I had a fly, and I had\several
flecks of things that I had written u~ before and
never got corrected, and they were the whole flight,
and I 'm sure they will show up on all the films
and everything.
Now between the outer sealed panes
of glass there were numerous little specks and
of stuff and throughout the flight as . ..well , we ' ll
cover that later, but that was even 7rore the flight
started .
The windows were not pla/n and were not in
good shape to go forthe--f~.
1. 9 Crew Station Contr ols
and Displa_ys
Conrad
I think the Gemini cockpit is a pretty good cockpit.
Cooper
I think in general that crew stations eontrols and
displays were pretty adequate .
Conrad
I 've got a couple comments on switches and things,
but these are. . . .
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