Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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I could.
I didn 't think we were in that much
trouble for electrical power.
I still think it
was a mi stake because I think even with a couple
of blankets out, if we'd have kept the ,3ystem warm
wi th the rest of the heaters, we'd have never froze
them up.
Cooper
'llie thrusters themselves were actually ·vorki ng
because you could actually get a glow off of them.
There was a little bi t of fuel or oxidiier coming
out of it and burning , but it wasn't getting the
proper amount of mi xture ratio.
Conrad
Now, they could have been dirty.
That :ould be it,
but it was purely in the valves i n the thrusters
themselves because they were putting out thrust
even at the end.
I f you wanted to hold it i n full
D:Lrect wi th 7 and 8 circuit breaker engs.ged, you
were getting wet fuel thrust.
Cooper
Yes.
You were getti ng a little wet thr~st.
Conrad
let's go into how the whole thing occurred.
We
had shut the heat er down a long time ago and we
really hadn't agreed wi th that, but there wasn't
much we could do about it.
We were i n the mi ddle