Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Borman
Yes, and you really feel SEP ADAP'l'.
It felt like I had put
in f orward thrust at t hat time.
Lovell
Yes.
Borman
It was really a good thud when we separated the adapter.
Retrorocket squibs were armed a t TR-30.
Arm AUTO-RS
1I1RO was
actually done at about TR- 10.
Lovell
We did that a littl e bit early.
Borman
The event timer was perfect.
MDU, Jim got all the readouts
and they were exactly what had been called up.
Lovell
Yes.
There was one or two that the last digit was one nu..n­
ber off, but that is nominal.
We didn't bother that.
5.6 TR-0
Borman
From the time we got the countdown at Carnarvon we really
didn 1 t talk to a..~ybody a t all until we heard Houston at
TR- 10 seconds come in with a count through Canton.
Lovell
We didn' t think that they were going to come in, as a.
matter of fact .
Borman
No, we were wondering...
Lovell
That is a very poor place to retrofire. Canton had poor
communications co~pared with the rest of it.
Borman
But they ca.me through that time.
LoYell
Yes, they ca.me through.
Borman
We really didn1 t need them because we had every indication