Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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teresting thing.
The finger tip lights were the
only darn lights we had in the spacecraft that we
could move around, which is ridiculous.
We kept
holding a glove up once in a while looking at lights
all night because we
Cooper
They sure were ... .
Conrad
We had the gloves stowed a.nd I broke my auxiliary
light because it was too ha.rd to hold there.
When
I pulled it out, the very first time I pulled it
out I shattered it a.nd Gordo never used the one on
his side because it's just not handy.
What you
really need in there is, we've got to quality one
of those little pen lights.
Cooper
One of those little pen flash. lights.
Conrad
A g.zy- really needs one of those little pen flash
lights up there a.nd I really wish that we had
ta.ken the ones along but we couldn't get them
qualified.
They had an open switch in them a.nd we
couldn't get them qualified for 100 per cent oxygen.
Cooper
You really need a little light that doesn' t have
a.n electric cord fastened to it that you ca.n just
s tick in your suit or on a pieoe of velcro where
you can just get to it and use it, you know.