Word: orbit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Johnson's only real news was that the Administration had finally decided to orbit a fully equipped, $1.5 billion manned space laboratory by late 1968 (see SCIENCE). He went out of his way to soothe Soviet suspicion of such militarily useful hardware, promised to invite a "very high-level" Russian scientist to witness the launching of Gemini 6 in October. Said Johnson: "Our American dream for outer space is a dream of peace and a dream of friendly cooperation among all of the nations of the earth. We believe the heavens belong to the people of every country...
Still Safe. Gemini soared into its second orbit. Over Africa, Cooper ejected the Radar Evaluation Pod precisely on schedule. Though the spring release tossed it out a little harder than anticipated, the mission still seemed safe...
...they'll be there if you need them." While they talked, though, the oxygen pressure dropped still lower−to 95 Ibs. If it fell to 20 Ibs., the spacecraft would have to switch to its back-up batteries, which produce just enough power to handle an orbit and a half, plus re-entry and recovery time...
Kraft told Capsule Communicator McDivitt to raise the capsule on the radio and explain the problems and possibilities for going beyond the sixth orbit...
CapCom: O.K. We will look at this thing for another orbit...