Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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-€0i'IFID Ef~TIAt
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to figure out what the heck it was shinjng out there
on the nose . It finally came to me in a. flash that
the docking light was on.
Now that is another thing-­
I don' t know how they covered that REP with the re­
flective t ape, but, man, that thing wa s bright!
Cooper
All you could see was the light.
Conrad
No, I mean in the daytime.
Cooper
Oh yes.
Conrad
In the daytime with the sun shining on that thing, it
almost burned a hole in your head.
Boy it was bright!
Cooper
"{es, actually-­
Conrad
It looked like a little sun out there.
Cooper
Pete went into it deciding that he was n~ver going to
see it in the daytime, and I think he ha1i a big sur­
pri se.
I was determined that we were go:Lng to see it.
Conrad
.And we did see it in the daytime, several times after
i t had gotten a fair distance away from us, I ' d say
2 or 3 miles away.
Cooper
It was bright. It was almost brighter on the day­
si de than it was at night.
In fact, it was so bright
i t would blot out those blinking lights.
Conxad
Yes, that' s right.
The REP, itself, was bright enough
and reflective enough that it would blot out the