Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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350 feet away from the booster .
You can see ground
level, and we were going to use that procedure if
we aborted. We didn't know if we were going to make
a land or a water landing, but we f elt t hat we
could use the mirror to see if we were over water
or over land, at least within 350 feet of the space­
craft in the direction of the windows .
J didn't
use the mirror on the water landing out c~er Bermuda,
because I oould see the water out of the corner of
the window by just putting my head up and peering
at it - - in the two-point attitude. I could see
the water coming.
I knew we were fairly low.
As
a matter of fact, that altimeter was just about on
the money, wasn 1 t it?
Conrad
We were at just about zero feet when we hit the
water.
We had a good altimeter setting.
Cooper
Almost exactly zero feet.
Conrad
Th.is is what McDivitt said. Don't go on that 29 .92.
They gave us a 30 .10 altimeter setting, and when it
read zero we were on the water.
Cooper
Yes, that was a real good one.
Conrad
So , I recommend they stick with this -- giving the
altimeter setting in the recovery area be,~ause it
can make the difference of a co~ le of hundred f eet .
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