Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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in the ball park with the previous spacecraft.
Cooper
It had to be traveling right because as long as you
keep your rates zeroed it is going to trim to its
proper trim point.
I agree with you completely. It
seemed to me as though we trimmed a lot nose higher
much earlier in the reentry than we did in the
simulator.
You have less nose up above the horizon
for a longer period of time in the simulator than you
do in the actual case.
Conrad
That was the only thing that seemed different about
the reentry.
Cooper
It didn't concern me because I knew we were damped
and trimed out okay.
Conrad
Yes, I knew we were in good shape, but it was a sig­
nificant enough difference so as to be a glaring dif­
ference with the simulator.
Cooper
I don't know whether it actually was the case or not,
but the reentry seemed to go much faster than it did
on the simulator.
Conrad
From Guidance Initiate to 100 000 feet , it seemed to
pass at considerable less a.mount of time than it does
in the simulator.
Cooper
Yes, it sure seemed to me like it did.
That is some­
thing I think we ought to have people check into to