John Company

Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Suit s.
The first tlling that happened -- Pete's suit had
to be repaired.
Swizzle stick -- I used the swizzle stick for qui te
awhile to punch off the DOS light when Pete was
asleep, but, finally, it got to where it was j:ust
easier to reach over there. I've got pretty long
arms.
I think most people would probably need the
swizzle st ick t o get over there to punch it off.
I never had the occasion to use it.
That's the only time I used it. I used it once for
turning on the ACME power over there.
Before we go a:ny further, while I'm thinking about
it, on the pad out here, you said you could see that
umbilical tower when they started to raise it.
No, the erector.
The erector. Yes.
You could take t he mirror out of the holder and hold
it at the bottom of the window, and you could measure
the distance.
Now I don't know exactly how high we
are above the road, but where the road winds up to
the pad and makes a left turn in and drive straight
into the pad, you could see the intersection of that
road. So, I S83 that you can see the ground some
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