Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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so rapidly. It wa.s tremendous. It looked like one of the
autogenous lines ha.d been cut.
I guess it was cut with a
pyro, a.nd it was really bending and this was causing it to
translate as well as rotate. And in order to stay with it,
I was having to use quite a bit of fuel;
although it was
certainly a nominal task.
I also went through several con­
trol modes switchings.
I sta:rted out in PULSE and I could
not get around fast enough, so I went to DIRECT a.nd then
slowed it up in RA.TE COMMAND. Slowed up the direct rate I
was using with RATE COMMAND, a.nd left it in RATE COMMAND
without using the h&nd controller for a while. Finally
went to l'LATFOBM.
When I went to PLA.'f.E'OHM~ we had been off
to one side of the booster. ~
. L went to PLATFORM, · it
yawed me back around, and I lost sight of the booster . .SO
we went out of PLATFORM· and flew t he rest of it in PULSE
Mo~e using the reticle on the horizon for stabilization and
using the maneuver controller for thrust. This is all on
onboard tape,incidentally.
The air to ground communications,
throughout the f light were superior.
Lovell
I was really a.mazed a.t the communications, especially the
primary station.
The UHF was outstanding.
Borman
We have already discussed GO/NO GO.
They came through loud
and clear before we ever SEP spacecraft.
We had no need for