Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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White
McD:iv.itt
COl<IFIE)Et ◄ TIAl
mal st-rai.gh~- forward techniques , and tha~ 1ve were
..
g0ing to have to s t art going to ot'·er t hings .
Whi.le we say that we came d::>wn and mo·,ed the
handle once or t wice , it was oYer about a three
or four rnin11te period , at l east .
The ~orinal meth::>d of closing the hatch is for me
to co~e d::>wi.1 and wedg➔ ~yself down , hold onto
the llttle canvas handle up t~ere , a."1d ,c1.ctL1ally
aJply a <iownward fo::-ce on t he hatch to help close
i t .
Then with my right hand I use the hatch
handl e to retche t the hatch down . This is no:"..'­
mal ly .:>ur techniq·.1e we wollld alway::; use , and
!:ever i n t he past , has Jim had to help mo: with
t he hatch closing device .
Thi.;, ·11as'.l.' t the c>:3.se
this tl!lle .
As so-::>n as I ha:i go-l;ten np ~here to
operate the gain lever, I co~ldn ' t ope~ate the
canvas handle anymore .
I co~li n't apply any
torque O'."..' pull there beca,1se--.
N-::>t only that, b:.it you were actually pushi.ng
yourself up off the seat .
And I 'm not sure
that even the first ti.ne that WE; had the hatch
closed far enough . It looked li.ke it was closed
far eno•..igh .
As a ms.tter of fac t , later on when
we got it down to that posit:ion it looked li.ke it