Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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No .
No , not a plume as such, but just it reially lit up .
You got a lot of lighting from it .
Much more so than
you did the--It was distinct ive enough that it really
made an impression on us .
Let' s see, the side f iring was really-- the thing that ' s
surpri s i ng about the side firing was just as I--you
might anticipate, if you really stop ar.d thought about it
but you don ' t get this in the trainer or anyt hing
when you fire a side thrust-­
A side thrust-- Yes , that was really weird.
You really could feel that.
It fired down , then up , then left and right then you
raise up in the seat or you slide down in the seat
or you go left in the cockpit or right in .the cockpit .
You know that you really going to do this and you-­
And you can see all the debris and evecything coming
t hrough-- swish!
Yes, everything starts going sideways .
And it' s
pretty funny.
Okay, we ' re at paragTaph 10 . 3 reentry.
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adapter separation.
No doubt.
Yes , there was no doubt but t here agai11 one of those
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