Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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never contacted anyone else.
We didn't go direct
to anybody.
Borman
We might mention that the systems briefings were
really of two types.
We had preliminary systems
briefings by our FCSD people at Houston.
At Mc­
Donnell, du.ring the SD1S flights and altitude chamber
tests we filled in the dead time with systems
bri efings from the people at McDonnell.
This
was a good way to go also.
For instance, while one
crew was flying the MAC Rendezvous Simulator
practicing station-keeping, the other crew was
getting systems briefing. So, we didn't have any dead
time. It worked out well.
Borman
The station-keeping , on the booster was more
difficult than it was on GT-6, primarily because
the booster was venting, and tumbling and trans­
lating. Also because of the fact that we really
didn't have a lot of time.
We were having to use
fuel in order to get set up before night, for the
separat~on burn.
However, once we got it squared
away, there was no difficulty at all staying
with the booster at a distance, I'd estimate from
about sixty to one hundred and fifty feet. During