Airborne lasers

Kevin Willoughby wrote:


(fwiw: Scott may have tried to keep out of Armstrong's way as G-8 was
brought under control, but Scott had his own Right Stuff moment during
this anomaly. By restoring the Agena to ground control before undocking,
he made it possible for G-10 to visit this Agena.)


You have to see the film of that undocking to appreciate just how
violent it was- the Agena basically gets hurled off of the Gemini's
nose, and the Gemini is at a ninety degree angle to it inside of three
or four seconds.

Pat