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This is a preliminary Part II transcript of the Gemini 5 (GT-5) flight crew debriefing, prepared by the Spacecraft Operations Branch of NASA's Flight Crew Support Division and dated September 2, 1965. It records astronauts Cooper and Conrad at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy. They discuss how the spacecraft systems worked, including the platform and the OAMS thruster failures. The transcript also covers operational checks, visual sightings, experiments, training, premission planning, and medical aspects. It was originally classified Confidential.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 30 - September 2, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) 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. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad described observing debris and “snow” and “all sorts of glittering pieces of this, that and the other thing” in the “Visual Sightings” section of the document (pages 157-220).
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302 15 . 1 Crew Quarters Cooper 15 . 0 CONCLUDING REMARKS One comment on the crew area here . I think that the crew area here is a real good place to stay and that the kitchen facility we have set up i ~: very worth while , when a real tight schedule is almost a neces s i ty . However , the bedrooms are not ~:oundproof at all. You can hear anything throughout the whole thing. Any noise at all that goes on, or a tele vision or radio playing anywhere thr01:.ghout the whole thing is very easily heard throughout the ent i re build ing. I say this only because this was one of t he suggestions that we had before t he place was ever build , that the bedrooms be soundproofed . This was based on our old Hangar S experiences . Due to the fact that heavy construction is going on all the time , this place is completely useless so far as daytime sleepi ng. There is no possibility of sleep around here during the day due to the jackhammers and construction work goi ng on . So , if any shift work is going on , I recommend that someone keep them a motel room, and sleep during the day at the motel room if you are worki ng night shifts around here and
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