Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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That would ·:iave ·j'.lSt taken longer.
It wo'.l.ld
have taken precious seco::ids out of the very
few thA.t we had anyway .
I th i.nk y0u sho'..lld ha•re
j 1st unhook.~d it and throW!'t the g'1fl ::;,w:~y .
This was probably the thing that I was most
irritated with not completing.
I dii.1 ' t .feel the
pictu.ces were satisfactory with the can,~ra out­
side. But I think the reason was that my camera
was not in a position so 1 could use it adeqciat­
ely.
But coming back in was the last thing.
As
a matter-of-fact , before I dismounted the movie
camera A-nd dismounted the urnb ~lic:,,1, I folded th,,
gi.ln .
I took the l::;,nyard off with the camera on it, and
handed Jim the gun and the camera.
A.11d I stuck it d:,wn between my legs .
That was thfi first thing that I handed in .
Then
I handed in the 16 mm -~am•=ra , and then I threvt
away the umbilical . Thls wa8 where the fun
s l;,,u· ~..::.1.
I f1)11nd it wa.r:i ::;, 1 )t mo:-::-e difficult
coming b.3.ck in tha.::i I had :remembered in the zero­
g training. It seemed like I was contacting both
sides of the hatch at the same time , much firmer
than I had in the zero--g ai cplane.
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