Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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On one of my passes back to the adapter area I
got so far back that I was about 3 or 4 feet from
the adapter separation plane, perpendicular to
it .
It was rather jagged .
There did appear
to be some sharp edges but it really didn't
look very imposing to me . I took a picture of it .
That's one picture that I believe was good and
should come out.
The trouble is it was probably set on infinity
and you were up about 5 feet .
No , I set the camera to about 15 feet or so. It
might be a little fuzzy because it was too close.
No, I didn ' t see the far side of the adapter. It
didn't go all the way around .
I think I could
have pushed off and gotten back that far.
No .
Better to st ay away from it.
Well, I felt that if I got going I could h~ve
swung all the way around and had my umbilical
right on the edge, without anything to hold on to
or any gun to control myself. This didn't seem
like it was at all safe and I had told Chris that
I wouldn ' t go behind the craft. So I didn ' t go
back there .
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