Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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nothing else to say about the D-5 except the equipment
did not work.
Lovell
Well, star acquisition and identification, which has
nothing to do with the equipment, was outstanding with the
chart. Actually, I would like to put in a little pitch
here, for the sill!Ulator, because the visual part of the
simulator was a big help. It gave us a good idea of what
we could expect in flight. And the Planetarium's work was
very valuable in conjunction with the simulator. I think
that we did not waste time with any of our star recosnition
stuf'f. They did come in handy.
As a :matter of fact, if you
really get to know that celestial sphere, you can really get
around without the earth.
11.3 Simple Navigation D-9
Borman
Jim used this test exclusively. He was trained at Ames.
But we actually used the sextant down here before the flight
many times with the experimenters.
We used it in the
simu.lator.
Lovell
Let me give so.me comments on this sextant. There are a
lot of co.mments on the tape. Number one, the D-9 sextant
alignment