Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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10.0 VISUAL SIGHTINGS
10.1 Powered Flight
Conrad
Wel l, everything wa.s straightforward up ·.mtil
Fairing Jet. We told you about the problems we had
at Fairing Jet.
We want to take a look 1:1.t that .
Cooper
I didn ' t see anything-­
Conrad
I did see the horizon come into view at 1:1.bout 60° .
Cooper
Yes, I saw it just as we began to stage 1'.>ver.
I
l ooked out over your window.
Conrad
That 's right. Right after staging in guidance ini­
tiate it ca.me down to about 80° on t he horizon and
man, it looked great out there.
Cooper
And the only thing that I noticed at SEGO was a lot
·of debris.
Conrad
Oh, yes, it was stuff all over everywhere. About
the funniest thing of all was
Cooper
Snow all over the whole area..
Conrad
Yes, and just all sorts of glittering pieces of
thi s , that and the other thing.
Cooper
Pieces and bits.
Conrad
Then a.11 these washers and goodies started floating
a.round in the spacecraft, but the .. .. . 'llas the
washer floating along -­
Cooper
That was three or four orbits later. He:t:'e we are
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