Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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McDivitt
Whi.te
cor~FIDENTI QJ.,.
adapter without being attached to the space­
craft, I ' d only need two or thr-ee time the
a'.'llount . I'd be happy co go with that.
There are some problems in th,~ capability to
alin9 on,3 1s self onto an object .
I think chasing
the booster around points this o~t.
You say you'd
be willing to go away becaur-Je the spacecraft
can oome and g~t you.
Admittedly it can, but
kseping in mind the difficulty wa had with th9
booster . I don' t really an~i~Lpate us ever get­
ting into the situat Lon like that beca~1se ;rou I d
never get so far away that you're in different
orbits, like we were with the booster--.
What I vis·,.1al i.ze is a 25 to 50 foot operation
where you' re goL'lg ou.t to investigate ei-l:her
a.."lot~1er spacecraft or another satellite up there,
or making a trans.fer similar to the type of trans­
fer that we visualize as a backup mode for Apollo.
I think with the gun I had, if tbc LEM and the Com­
mand Module were there , I'd be satisfi ed, .i,0 d9part
the Command Module aJ.l.d maneuver over to the
LEM situated 10 t0 20 feet away from the Comma·'ld
Module.
I feel I coul::l io that at the present
time.
I d:m ' t think it would be a very smart
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