Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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12.0 PREMISSION PLANNING
12.1 Mi ssion Plan (trajectory)
Cooper
On these l onger flights you have to be prepared for
more real - time mission pl anning, which we were.
And we had planned on this perhaps being the case
and we hel d al l the flexibility that we could in
our pl anning.
You need to get all of the key things
that you're going to do planned and trained for as
well as possible, but the way you fit them together
has to be flexible .
This applies more to the flight
pl an than it does to the over- all mission plan.
12. 2 Flight Plan
Cooper
Flight plan almost invariably winds up being
l argely real-time planning.
12.3 Spacecraft Changes
Cooper
Spacecraft changes has al ways been a sore point with
me and stil l is .
I can ' t emphasize enough to give
the crew and everybody el se a fair shake by hol ding
spacecraft changes to a real firm, hard freeze date.
No more changes should be made after a certain date
because it adds hardship to everybody invol ved, and
does not allow the crew time to train.
Some changes
are going to be necessary because of what you find
out on the preceding flight, but I think they should
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