Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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You mean you were hitting the hatch o~ one side
and the hatch opening on the other side.
Coming back in, I was conta~ting the side of the
spacecraft o~ both sides .
Yes, that 's right.
Yo•.l weren't really hitting the hatch on both
sid,=.is, you were ht t ting the hatch opening on both
sides.
Yes.
I was coming down through there. I felt a
much fit'mer attachment wedging in there than
I 'd remembered from the zero-g training.
I think
this might be associated with the extr a 7/10 or
8/10 pound of pressurization on thf.l suit.
I
just mi6ht have been a little fatter.
I did
notice that the suit was a little harder. I felt
this type of suit before during my pre-work, so
this wasn't a su£p=ise to me at all .
But I did
feel like I was a little fatter getting in and
wedged a little tighter.
I really don't think Ed was ari:y fatter.
I think
that link in the suit holds the suit to whatever
volume it's going to go to.
And I don ' t th'ink
a couple psi are going--.
Well, I felt like I was hitting a little more as
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