Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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C~l'IFIOeNllAL
White
McDivitt
White
sunglasses. They both could have adapted.
I
didn't look into the bright sun straight ahead.
Well, the first time I looked into the bright sun,
the first thought I had was, "Boy!
Am I glad
I 've got this vis::>r on!"
I know you mentioned it on the radio.
--because I was looking right atraig-ht into the
sun. I had to look into it t o attach the camera
onto the a:iapter section.
I d-:m' t normally
wear sunglasses.
As you know, Jim, I have never
worn sunglasses very much , and I didn't n::>tice
it from then on, through·~ the t Lme I was out.
I hail n::> impulse whatever to lift my visor.
My
vision was a.s clear as I co·..i.ld have expected it
to be without the visor. There are a few design
points in the visor that we could make better and·
I'll briefly go into them right now.
When you
are seated in the spacecraft one visor slips up
underneath the other a~d back along the back of
your helmet, so th~t instead of resting on your
helmet on the headrest you're resting the visor
o~ the headrest.
You certainly aon't want to do
that. The visor should be restrained in some
manner from slipping up along the back of the