Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Conrad
You might put down that I was reading t:1e check­
list off, and I called stRndby for 70,000, which
is our point to put the second ring on HCS rate
command, and we were going to put Ring Bon.
I
said stand by for 70,000, and away went the drogue.
Cooper
I reached down, uncovered the cover on :.t, and
punched it out right at 70 K.
I might Hay here
that the drogue went out beautifully, it squidded
a couple of times--a typical supersonic drogue
fashion.
No hard squidding.
Conr ad
I ' m not sure that it stayed reefed. Did. it?
Cooper
Yes, it did .
Conrad
It did a couple of gyrations up there.
I wasn't
really sure what it was.
I don ' t think it stayed
reefed for 16 seconds.
Cooper
Yes, it did. It stayed reefed for 16 seconds.
Conrad
It looked to me like it flew out and opened.
Cooper
It came out and opened in the reef condition.
That was that squidding you saw .
I t opened in
the reef condition and then it squidded 3bout three
times in the reef condition and then dereefed
fully opened. It was as stable as a roc:ce.
And
I fully anticipated some of the lines we:c-e
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