Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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there with a.ny light on in the cockpit.
In order to
use the reticl e , you have almost got to dim out all
the lights in the cockpit, and this is pretty ha.rd
to do because you need to use some around.
Conrad
And, you know, they bad a light down on the center
pedestal shining aft that was supposed to light up
the water management panel, and everybody took it out.
You have to do most of your work on that water manage­
ment panel blind.
I mean, you sort of put your hand
in there backwards and everything, and, as long as
everything runs all right, you only need that one
switch to go from off to overboard.
The other two
switches stay in the normal position unless you have
some sort of problem.
But it would be nice to light
up that whole area down there. There is no way,
without a flashlight or pulling that auxiliary light
way over there, to tell how much water you have in
the water tank.
Cooper
I don't think you can tell with it. I took that
auxiliary light and got back in there and practically
crawled down in there.
With that darn M- 1 experiment
thing installed on t0p of the tank there, you can't
see the water level bubble anymore.
They installed