Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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CONFIDE~il~l-
McDivitt
White
McDivitt
Whit9
McDivitt
befoce we go out .
I think w~ w·are in a situation w~ere it would
probably hava gone all right .
We hr-ui cor:ipl,3ted
hai rlo:w as far as the check.i.'lg w~nt , and I
juat di:in
1 t feel th'3.t we were i11 the right
shape .
Ed didn't think we were , and besides ,
could see Bd.
He coul,ln
I t see himself.
~d
look'.-!d a.wf0.1lly hot , s.rvl h;? l:iokt~d like he wa:1
getting a little pooped out from playl ng c1..-:-01md
with that big suit .
I tho~ght that the best
thing for his sake , e.nd I kn~w h~~ ·t1oul<'l.n ' t
ad.mi-'.; i.t , wa~, to l13t him r~st up for anot'1er
o.cb i. t .
I
agree that
was
the best judgment.
So , when w~ go-t to ~arnarvon--I g,1ess it was
Carnarvon--I called them A.'ld sa.:i.n r,m wc-Jra not
goi:1g !;o co □c out on tha:': or':>:.t .
It wa,, Carr1arv0n.
It was just before we
So , we postponed it until the next orbit.
As a
matter of fact , after that w~ j1rnt sat ther::!.
We d idri I t dn a thi-ig for abor.1: 10 mi.nutes .
I
let Ed cool off a li.ttle bit .
We were on two-
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