Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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noise and I thought we had hit some of the stuff t~t was
spewing out of the booster. I wasn't sure that it was just
fuel.
Lovell
I think the ground people thought that this wire came for­
ward because it had gotten in the way of the thruster fire.
It definitely came forward after I stopped burning,because
I stopped burning and this wire came slapping forward. It
still had the momentum, you know. It slapped right in
front of the window.
I think the people got the impression
that the thing had hit a. thruster. It hit in front of us,
then we stopped bu.ming. But we stopped' mm -taen-·ths:t thing
hit a.nd we added some more because we were still at ~ ogee.
Borman
The first a:f many powerdowns was no problem1o We went right by
the check list. Some of these switch functions in the space
craft, particularly toward the latter pa.rt of the flight,
toward the 12th or 13th da.y--we were getting, I won't say
la.r in making the.m,but it see.med more of a chore to make
these things right to the minute. Things like the ~!OJ.VIED
recorder and so on--we lost interest in having them turned
off on the second.
We knew what they needed to be turned
on and off for.
We didn't do as good a job from about the
10th day on as we did the first pa.rt as far as making those
right to the minute.