Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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We t urned around and we waited unti l 1 mjnute was
over, and banged on the radar and it didn ' t take t his
23 seconds or anything.
I t just bammed. It just
locked up on us right t here.
Locked up instantaneously.
There it was. No doubt in your mind.
Lighting, indicators, and instruments.
Okay, there's a def iciency here.
You need to see
that center instrument panel, and
You need some kind of glow.
You need some kind of
a little glow down t hat center instrument panel to
be able to see that t hing.
That thing is really
black . Without bringing that big darn
I really don't underst and why those guys took that
r ed center light out.
Whil e we are talking about lights, let's see if we
cover that. No, we don't. But there is a real
safety-of-flight item in t hat cockpit
lighting.
That is, if you leave a:ny one of these lig·hts on,
and, in particular, the big bright center light
which is the landing light -- I think it is on
ther e
in the light solenoid area, the reostat,
you build up a heat thing that is actuall;y- to the
point of being explosive.
I t actually gets to
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