Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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did.
That's an excellent point.
The flight crew's
participation should be the final count, not the
midcount and precount. It doesn't tire the prime
crew out doing a lot of chores that they don't
really have to do.
I think this is a good pro­
cedure.
Initially, the first 20 or 30 minutes, I was
squirming around and I felt a little uncomfor­
table.
But after I had been in for 30 or 40
minutes I didn't feel there was a real restric­
tion on staying for several more hours.
I would
have been very disappointed if they had said,
"Well you have been in there long enough and we
will work on this gantry and try it again tomor­
row." I would have been happy to stay there
several more hours while they fixed the gantry
instead of pulling me out.
After an hour and 40 minutes,which is the end of
the normal countdown,I didn't feel uncomfortable.
We sat in the simulator and were a lot more un­
comfortable than this.
I didn't feel uncomfor­
table.
I had a chance to take a couple of little
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