Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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11.10 Cloud Top Spectrometer (S-7)
Cooper
Here again, there weren't a:ny problems
in the hard~1are in the flight that
we didn ' t know about before flight.
There were two
occasions where the spectrograph
I s shu·;ter was re­
leased inadvertently ei ther in stowage or unstowing
and the main shutter had not been -- just as we knew-­
this is a very weak point of the mechru1ism because all
you have to do is bump it against some·;hing and the
spectrographic shutter was released -- which ruined
the whole -- that particular exposure •·- you had to
recock the whole thing.
As far as the procedures
of using it, it was easy enough to use , it was a
ld.ttle bit cumbersome in shape but we used it holding
i t -- the lenses upright up high so tha·; they got out
t he window.
I think we got them some good data if .
Pete will get the log out here he can r ead over that .
We recorded on the voice recorder as long as we had
any tape.
We recorded comments on t he clouds, their
appearance , and all that while making ·;he photographs.
Conrad
Now, all the photographs taken were specific photo­
graphs requested at a specific time.
'.:here were
some that were requested at a specific t ime that we
didn ' t get.
I think the experiments pHople have those