Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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flashing light, but there were times when we saw it
close enough in the dayside that we could see the
flashing light. it didn ' t get that far away from us,
and thats why I st ill challenge this 375 miles-­
You aren' t going to see that dipole as long as we did.
The last time I saw that thing, I was still seeing the
dipole antenna.
That' s right.
That's the last thing I saw.
You aren't going to see that dipole at several hun­
dred miles.
That ' s right, and we saw it in the daytime.
Yes.
And it was on the 5th or 6th orbit.
Okay, utility light, interior lights, outside lights­
Talking about outside lighting from external-­
We didn ' t have any flashlights .
All we had was the
gloves.
It says glove. It should be glare.
Gla.re--well, anytime the sun comes whopping in the
window there, you are going to really have a gld,re
And anytime you are sitting there watching the earth,
tracking a target down on the earth, and you suddenly
come back into the cockpit, you aren' t going to see a
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