Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Pilot to evaluate the horizon for a night, no pl atform,
retro. And the thing is this: you can turn out all the
lights, you can get lined up for BEF retrofire, without a
plat£orm if you get the stars and everything. But once you
start firing, you &re going to have to use the ra.te needles,
if' they are working, to hold position, because you can't see
the horizon 8J1Y longer, because the thrusters do blank out
8J1Y sight outside. And also, if you've got the lights
turned up in the cockpit, so that you can see thingeJ that
means that you can't see outside. So, you have to go either
outside to get cues, or you have to turn the lights out in
the cockpit. And if you're going to use stu£f inside, then
you have the lights on.
I would be hesitant to make a night
retrofire without platform too. I think I would probably
wait £or a. da.y one.
5.7 Retro Pack Jettison
::Bonnan
The retro pack jettison - Jim fired•••the one thing here on
manual f ire, Jim fired the manual retros the wa;y we alwqs
have.
We fired in the wa;y we a.lwa;ys h&ve, one second a..fter
TR equals zero, but we got an auto retrofire.
Lovell
Yeah, because the first one fired before I pushed the
button.