Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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the glow as they fire .
Conrad
And it is pure white.
Cooper
And­ -
Conrad
My recollection of i t --like white li€·ht glowing.
Cooper
Of the RCS Plumes?
Conrad
No , of t he OAMS .
Cooper
Oh yes. The OAMS .
The RCS had a little bit of a
golden color to them.
Conrad
Yes.
Cooper
And-­
Conrad
Plus you see on t he RCS t hrusters you see little
bits of pieces of ablative material c)ming out
like carbon.
Cooper
Yes.
Right.
The RCS plumes tend to come out of th,3 nozzle
with a little bit of an expansion rat:lo and then
just to come out in almost a column that doesn't
change much. It just increases in si,;e.
Conrad
Yes .
I was surprised t hat it didn't expand out
this way.
Cooper
Yes, I thought it would expand out.
Conrad
But it just went straight up.
Cooper
I very much thought it would fan completely out.