Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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a strange vehicle, with strange control systems that
you've only simulated as about best you can, and no
visual simulation available for doing anything out­
the-window; you just cannot expect people to stay
right on top of things when it occurs ir. the first
part of the flight .
This is an ideal eYample ; we
had worked and worked and worked and worked and
worked to have our timing down just rigl:.t. If noth­
ing had happened, we would have had our timing down
just right and everything would have gor..e just per­
fect .
Pete would have been right on hi~ checklist
and blown the cold IR doors right on tirre.
Cooper
I
I d have been right exactly on time on g·etting the
REP out and everything would have gone reach- keen.
Just that one thi ng, the Horizon Scanner failure ,
really threw the skids to the thing and caused us
to be running sl ightl y late.
There was added con­
fusion in trying to f igure out how to get t hings
going and salvage the whole thing really threw the
skids to it .
Cooper
The REP went out and it continued going out instead
of slowing down as it should. It conti nued to move
on out at quite a separation r ate.
The thing that
still has us a little puzzled, instead of slowing