Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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It should have been in the opposite direction.
I ' m : ot convinced which way we were looking.
We had to be looking to the rear.
The sun
sets to the rear.
We had to be BEF to see the
sun when it set .
You see, ;,,·ou ' re BEF to watch it
set .
Were we BEF for the full time or were we in free
drift?
We were in free drift but this was near the sun
when this thing came out .
No , they always come out loud and clear when
you ' re away fr om the sun, when you' re looking
away from the sun.
Yes .
I lmow it , but at that one time when you
sai d, "There ' s the booster.", you were looking
at the sun.
Remember , I had turned around?
They told us that they wanted us to be BEF and
heads down when we opened up the hatch.
That ' s
where we were .
I turned around to be BEF.
We
were BEF when we saw that thing.
We'd better l ook at the tapes .
I think we can
probably get better information on this when we
check.
I think we were even looking in the wrong dir­
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