Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Conrad
I had already busted my au.xiliary light a.nd if I would
have burned out the light on the right i :'.lstrument
panel, we would have had to rtm that center light a
lot, and I don' t think that center light would have
lasted either.
Cooper
No. I think that whole center console area is a very
weakly lit area. It could certainly stand a very,very
faint soft light. When you are rtmning 1mder night
light conditions you'd be able to see thn radio swit­
ches and this type of thing.
Let' s see, indicators and
instruments-­well t of courset a pet peeVE! of mine is
that we couldn' t get EL in the 8-balls .
I still think
the 8- balls could certainly be lit a lot better, al ­
though they are satisfactory for what we' ve got.
I
think the-­
Conrad
We really didn't use that except during lift- off and
reentry, but it does shine.
Mine shines in your eyes,
doesn' t it?
Cooper
Yes, there is a real bad f eature in the cockpit in
that a:ny lighting at all, either one of the right or
the left lights- say Pete turns his right light on,
particularly-­if I'm trying to look through the reti­
cle, it just zaps. It's gone.
Can't see a thing in