Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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McDivitt
White
That must have bee~ just about the time I told
you to come back in.
No, I would estimate this was about two-thirds of
the way and about this time I was after pictures.
I knew this was a part of the flight plan that I
had, in my mind , fulfilled satisfactorilly. So
I tried to get some pictures and this is where I
really impar ted some velocities, trying to get
away from the spacecraft into a position so I
could take a picture. I went out to the end of
my tether cord quite a few times doing this .
I seemed like every time I would be completely
180 degrees to the spacecraft . I'd have
beautiful views of the ground but I couldn' t
see the spacecraft. It was a definite mistake
to mount the camera on the gun . That made it
very difficult to use the camera.
I had to
point not only the camera but the gun with the
long thrusters mounted out on the little arms.
I 'd want to take a picture of an object like t he
spacecraft, • and there were too many loos~ items
to get tangled up
in and block the camera.
I
know my tie-down strap was floating loose .
I
had left that out intentionally so that I could