Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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McDivitt
White
McDivitt
White
opened it .
We both had a.."l inklirig that this was
going to happen when we opened it the first time .
But this posed the problem of when I reached up
with my left arm to work the gain lever. It
takes a great deal :>f force .
This isn' tthe direct­
io:2 that the suit is designed to reach in.
And
it tak~s a great deal of force to lift your arms
up in the vicinity of your helmet to operate
something there. In so doing it pulled me back
up :)Ut of the seat .
An1 I think this is the time
that Jim noticed that I was up higher than I had
ever been before, and he actual ly felt that my
helmet was up against the hatch.
I tend to agree
that I was up in that posit ·ion.
Yes .
I actually pulled Ed 1own in the seat by
pulling on the--.
I think so.
I did it in steps. I'd pull down and 3d woul-i
cooe down.
Then I'd pull some more, he'd ~ome
down some more.
I was actually pushing up with my left hand and
IJl.Y helmet was wedged right up against the hA.tch.
I had a little bit of area in which they actually
see t he dogs that I was working with up there .