Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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helmet.
Also, my visor was quite difficult for
me to raise and lower.
Once it was dowr it fit
quite snugly, for which I was happy.
But it was
difficult for me to raise and lower. It was
actually a two-handed operation, which is one of
the reasons why I didn't raise it outside;
although, I had no impulse to raise it when I was
outside. I think that we might be able to design
them to be raised up and down more easily.
Let me make a comment on that visor.
I never
did see any need for the little lexion visor.
That's exactly the point I was going to get to
next.
I think that one single visor made as
close to the helmet liner as possible, p~oviding
the maximum amount of headroom and a minimum
amount of interference, is what we actually need.
I don ' t believe we need that lexion outer visor.
As they pointed out to us, it doesn't really
protect, because it bows in a.~d it doesn't
really give you the protection th~t it should
be affording. I would recommend one visor, one
sun visor only. It'll be simpler to operate.
I think so, too.
Okay.
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