Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Cooper
Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
FCSD REP
Cooper
Yes, that's right.
Okay, rendezvous is not applicable.
If there was one area that we were pretty well trained
on, t hat was retrofi re.
Yes.
I think we were in good shape for retrofire .
We had
our checklist for a long time for pre-ret rofire
and retrofire.
We were in good shape , well-trained,
and we went right through it like clockwork.
I
think this area we were sitting r i ght on top ot
No
problem at all.
We were in good shape in SECO, too.
We went through
those SECO procedures in dandy shape.
Got the
numbers out of t he computer and had all of the
se~uences and so forth and got that well down in
the GMS .
On rendezvous, how do you feel about the GMS training?
The procedures that we learned in the simulator were
fine, but you just can't take away that out-the­
window simulation.
When you add the out- the-window
element to it, it's di fferent. It ' s easier when
you kick the REP out a.hd there it is out t here
visually you can do it fine.
The training that
we had up at McDonnell on that simulator was just
identical to flight. Didn't you feel like we were
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