Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Borman
That was right on the money.
The retro pack jettison was
accomplished 45 seconds after, when the amber light came
on, and you could feel and hear this one going; of course,
it was pitch black so we couldn't see a thing.
This was
one of the things that we didn 't see, the REI'RO ADAPrER ,
the ADAPI'ER , or the RETROPACK.
Lovell
No , I didn't see any of that stuff go at all.
Bor:ma.n
Total darkness.
Lovell
Besides that, the thrusters blank out anything you could
possibly see.
5.a Communications and 5.9 updat ing
Bor:ma.n
Com.unmications were rather sketchy there.
I was very glad
though, that we were able to get through to Houston.
I
think it was over Guaym.as when they came up and told us to
change in retro angle, and bank angle; I don 't know who did
that but that was good work on the ground following up that
computing, and getting us real time updates, I guess they
must have done it after tracking.
Lovell
Yes, That 's probably what it was.
Borman
That's probably how they did it. And that was darn good.
Lovell
Yes.
Borman
Because the 35 degrees, I was flying right between 35 de­
grees and O degrees most of the time , and if we'd have
followed the 50 degrees, we'd have ended up way short.