Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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whipping along at 17,000 miles an hour or so and I
looked out and here's that washer floating right in
front of my window. It sat out there and floated
around a while. I pointed it out to Pete and he
got over and looked at it and it floated on around
and finally it ·just was drifting on off. Finally
it disappeared. And about an hour l ater a bolt
came off.
10 2 Orbital Flight
Conrad
We didn't see our own booster.
We were too busy.
We started the flight plan right away and we never
turned around to look at it.
Cooper
We never turned around to look at it.
Conrad
We sure as heck saw the REP.
Cooper
We saw the REP and saw the REP and saw the REP.
Conrad
We saw the REP bl anket too.
Cooper
The REP blanket, I think we mentioned before, but
the REP bl anket someway or other got between us and
the REP.
This means that the REP either went through
it or tumbled over it, because the blanket was be­
tween us and the REP. Man-made objects in orbit.
Let's see booster, REP-­
Conrad
Okay, now that satellite-­
Cooper
Satellites. We never saw any of the scheduled ones.