Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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you did was remove a layer off the window, rat her
than put something on it. You took something off
it .
Except I can't possibly imagine why it was
so black and opaque with the sun shining on it
at certain angles .
I'd like to comment on the ease of operation
outside on a tether . If you've ever tried to
hang on the outside of a water tower , or about
an 8- foot diameter tree , you can visualize the
problem I had out there .
The decision to leave
the hatch open was probably one of the very best
~:1at we made .
I had nothing outside the space­
craft to stabilize myself on.
There just isn' t
anything to hold
onto. I think Jim will
remember one time when I tr ied to hook my
fingers in the RCS thrusters .
I think Jim could
see because- - .
I could see .
I was right out in front of Jim I s windo•,.r . This
gave me really not hing particularly to hold ,):nto.
I t didn't stabilize me at all .
I had nothing
really to hold onto, and so if you have ever
tried to grasp an 8- foot diameter tree and shinny
up it , you know the kind of feeling that I had
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