Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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without qualification, worked exactly as it was
planned to work. There was not one complaint
that I had with it. It provided me with the
proper flow.
The flow was lass than with the
no.:-mal ECS suit system, but it was adequate to
keep me cool and ventilated, except for two times
during the flight. Those times were when I
atta~hed the camera right before departing the
spacecraft and reenterdngthe spacecraft. But
I think it performed without fault.
The umbilical was another item that I thought
performed its part of the flight quite well.
had no complaints about it. I did tend to get it
tangled up with the bag and the strings that were
attached to the bag during EVA.
I am very thankful that we decided to design the
gloves in the manner in which we did, the two­
piece glove that was easily donned or doffed
under pressurized conditions.
As it turned out,
I took them on and off twice while pressurized.
I was quite happy that we had them designed in
this manner.
As it turned out, the heat on t he
side of the spacecraft, or the cold on the side
of the spacecraft when we ca.:ne out of the dark
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