Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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No .
No .
After we
During
us , but I
started reenter ing we-­
the
reentry and it was way, way behind
did see it--now, I say the retro pack-­
it could have been the adapt er burning up.
I
don ' t know which one it was, because it was so
far behind .
There was some object way behind.
It was some object , a large object, ree:~tering
behind
but it must have beer--what would you
say? 5, 6, or 10 miles maybe?
Oh, yes!
I t was way up the path.
I'd guess a good 5 or 10 miles.
And it was up in the--let 1 s see, I was upside down ,
and it would have been--coming heads up--it
would have been in the upper left-hand :lide.
In
other words , it was reentering to our south and
above us. It was entering on the south side of the
orbit , and it was sli ghtly above our en•;ry and you
could see our trail clear back to it.
You could
see our plasma jet went way, way back there .
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