Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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the flight plan. They e;a.ve us one minute and 16 or 17 sec­
onds, &nd the flight plan called for 46, I think.
Borman
Well, we may get that cleared up when we talk to the ground.
But, it was greater than I thought we had planned to do.
Updating throughout the flight was excellent. Checklist
wa.s fine and, of course, we did not use the computer.
Lovell
We might mention here that both Frank and I think making
adjust maneuvers without a platform is very feasible.
You
can use the reticle for alignment and use the stars a.s a
reference. Since you a.re usu.a.lly using the aft thrusters,
you do not have thruster light to worry about. You can
turn down the lights. It takes two people thoughf one per­
son to burn, hold attitude on the star, and watch the star
reference and the other person to time. It required two
people, but it is & very feasible method of doing it. I
think you get some very good accuraciea with it, because we
found out from the second burn.
8.3 RCS
Borman
RCS operational checks were nominal.
We had no problems at
all with the RCS.
System monitoring was perfect and it did
not drop one bit during the 14 da.ys. After we actuated it,
it vent from 3,000 to about 2,600 to 2,500 psi on the source
pressure. No problems. Control mode-s, RATE COMMAND.
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