Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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man-stabilized maneuvering unit-­
Yes .
- -rather than o.na that is gyro-stabilized with
automatic stability features.
I think that al­
tho'.lgh you did·'.1 1 t burn up a lot of fuel , you
certainly p~oved the feasibility of this type
of ma.neuveri ng unit .
We had a1 awfully small amcr.1i.'1t .
We j..lst had the
6 feet/second-­
We p~oved, in my mind, that I had the capability
to go .fr om Point A t::> Poi nt B with that mr1.neuver­
ing U."lit .
Let me ask you thi8 question, a.."ld be ho::1est about
it .
Would yo'.l detach yo'..lr tether and _go without
i.t? Don ' t be too optimistic , because other
people ' s lives may depe::1d on it.
I think that we probably have not done enough
investigati on to do that at this time, but I
feel we are p:.:-ogr essing toward the point .
We
made the first , say 50 percent, of th~ step
toward being able to detach the tether and go.
I don ' t believe that I wouli deta:::h the tether
aJld 5o ·,.ii.th that 6 feet/seco::1d-- .
Oh, no .
I didn' t mea."l t hat .
I mean with that
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