Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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that's eoinc to be it, and then the? came up with 35
degrees , 45 deerees, and I rnisinter~reted it; I was
argui ng with Prank e.fter r e t rofire ann he says no , that ' s
30 degrees--50 deerees.
:3orr.ian
50 degrees.
Lovell
53 decrees is what he ' s sayin[j.
!-re ,iust want s to ge t it
down to a l ittle finer line.
J\nd then Prank called bnck
again An•i SR.id , "!'To , it wr-ts -i5 de£7ees , " so I non ' t know
what t he s tor;y w?. s there.
Borman
'P.;e :-'DI as .fA.r as the r etrofire r,-oes , i t was r.o rrohlem .
. .
It worked out t:'ine , ano I jus t l ike to have
I t h:ink .
1 ' '
If you ren.1ly were forced into it you cot> ld <io i t on rate
neerll.es , but you' d have to have a lot of confiiience in
your ability to hold i t .
T wouldn ' t. want t o do it with­
out r:ate Command; and again, I did it in ;:ate r.omrnRnd .
T' m not even sure how nuch the t hrusters wer e flrjnc -ivrinc­
ret rofire .
DU you riotice?
I was watchinc the b,·ll , f'.rrl
I dUn ' t notice.
Di d it light up the horizon pretty hadl~r?
Lovell
H WfW real ly r.ot too b~d .
But act ually; yeo, it ,iir1 , it
lit i t up ouite a bit .
;i'CSD !leo
Okay.
Lovell
There was a point in the flight plan that they wanted the