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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini 7 technical debriefing, dated December 23, 1965, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was made from tape recordings of the crew debriefing held December 19 to 21, 1965 at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. In it, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell go through countdown, powered flight, insertion, station keeping with the booster, systems, experiments and training. The table of contents also lists a section on visual sightings during orbital flight.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: December 19-21, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 7 flight crew debriefing conducted December 19-21, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Lights and flashes are mentioned and there is discussion about having proper illumination for vehicle docking. Borman and Lovell discuss celestial and terrestrial observational anomalies and note sightings of Mercury, meteors, aurora, and lightning. They also discuss not being able to see any stars once the Sun comes up.
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207 Lovell Borman • Lovell Borman • We wasted an awful lot of time on that. It is not that they would not be profitable. I think that is really where you get the good tra.ining because you get••• I am not going to recolDlllend eliminating it. I would recommend fixing it so that it pl&ys properly. That is right. Because you get the actual operating with the people that a.re going to be conducting the flight, get the communication procedures down, get the whole bit. Un fortunately the whole bit was not working. Tha.t is right. I think this is recognized by a.11 sides. I understand that Gemini 6 was much better a.fter we left. 14.15 Flight plan tra.i.ning I really do not think you would c.all that tra.ining. It is sort of procedures that you go through, and I hope that the people that come behind rea.lize how big a hand they can have in ma.king the flight plan and how early they should get into the business, because there a.re so many people with their own little inputs. If the orew does not get in early and keep things under control, you will end up with a.n impossible situation•
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