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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini V (GT-5) flight crew debriefing, prepared by NASA's Spacecraft Operations Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, and dated September 1, 1965. It records Cooper and Conrad's operational account from the debriefing held August 30 to September 1, 1965 at Cape Kennedy. Topics include countdown, window fogging, POGO vibration, fairing jettison debris, radio loss, reentry and recovery. Visual sightings are left for a later part of the debriefing.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 2 - September 2, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part I) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this debriefing between August 30, 1965, and September 2, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida.
Cooper I do , too . I ' l l tell you- - the launch- -we were perfectly normal and right on the money-- Conrad Yes , we were sitting there waiting to find out what they wanted us to do . I mean we !mew we could go on the batteries long enough to get to a fairly decent re- entry place and we wer e taking bets wi th one another and we were kidding about McDivitt. There must have been real pandamoni um at MCC . They were burning up the lines to every where . Because ther e r eally wasn ' t anythi ng we could do after that but just sort of wait . We re- stowed everything and we were ready to go i nto 6- 4 if they wanted us to . We wer e all prepared to go i nt o 6- 4. We didn 1 t want t o. Cooper We really didn 1 t thi nk we ' d make 18-1. Conrad Gor do was the eternal optimist though. I ' d s ay , " 125 pounds" and he'd say, "Well , it hasn't really fallen anymore . 11 Then it would fal l about another 20 pounds and I'd say, "Wel l , that ' s 100 pounds now," and he'd say, "Well , that's really not much bel ow what it was before." I think we had a little more confidence than the guys on the ground , I really do . I r emember old
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