Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
Cooper
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I don't think you have to worry about Lt , to tell
you the truth. I really wasn't aware of any
oscillations at all. Gordo says he was damping.
For all I know we rode in there free.
He speaks highly of my damping.
The first time I really noticed anything was
when we got on the drogue , and I didn't have a whole
lot to do. but to look out t he window.
There would have been some oscillation, but it
would be kind of interesting to ride one down
and not damp it, to see how it would do.
I
really doubt if you'd get very large amplitudes
or very much--
Not until you get down there below a 100,000.
I don't think this is true of a rolling reentry.
That's why we never were in favor of a rolling
reentry.
On the simulator the thing goes wild
on a rolling reentry. But , I think, as long as
you hold a steady bank angle, whether i~ is full
left or 90 or whatever you hold, I think the
thing is really stable. It sure felt that way
to me. It felt to me that it is a good stable
vehicle. ·Now at drogue deploy-- I very deliber­
ately deployed the drogue at 70 ,000 feet.
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