Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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type of a unit .
If T had some more !:::,,V
in a U:'lit like that I
think that I would be ,.:illing t o detach myself
on the next fli.gh t , right n::>w , fr,Jm the space­
craft and go .
That ' s com'bined with tw-) things,
you see . You h<1:ve two th.ings working for you.
You have the capability to maneuver yourself ,
and if you should get out of control the space­
craft still has the capability to come over a~d
get close en::>'.lgh so that you could get yo".1.c-self
baGk .Ln control and get in the spacecraft .
I think that 40 or 50 feet/second would be a
minim'.l.,n.
I hnd 6 and I ' d like to see, pcobably,
a capability of about 10 times that .
_That may
be a little--.
It ' s diffi~ult. I wo~ld think it would be
difficult to fix a number on it until you fixed
the jo'b .
Yes .
If you want;ed to go to som.-1thing that was 1::> feet
g;way and come back, you ' d probably get by with
20 feet/second .
If I wa-:1ted to get out of the spacecraft and g•>
along to the back of the a:lapter and get in the
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