John Company

Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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again , and said , "Hey, I can' t see them.
I ' m
going t.o have to take the v•; .~or off."
No ,
J t was a little bit 19.ter than that .
¥0'.l
ha:l all ready started to try to close it and you
were having difficulty 0losing .it .
Okay.
Let I s get thP. sequr-mce out .
We came dowi1
in.
I got up to st ~aighten my legs a little
bi. t , went back up , then I came back riown- - .
- -with all yot1r. equipment on--.
I hadn't hel d the handle yet, had I?
No .
You ha:ln ' t done a thing with it.
So I got back d '.)wn into positi'.)n- -.
~-with all yo~~ eq'.lipment o~ 9.rld pulled the
hatch down.
The hatch was dO\v.'1 far enough to close at th i.s
time .
I thought i.t was.
I did., too .
I felt it was d::r,m far e:1:>'.lgh.
can tell by looking right straight d:>1,m at the
edge--.
Yes .
I can tell by looki'lg ,111 llndernP.ath the
r ight- ha.':1d side to see where the dogs are.
Okay.
So I tho'.lght the hatch Has doW!l far
enough to close at that time.
I reached up and
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