Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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why I didn.' t t:iL:k about it. I got
instruct ions from the ground to maintain the
oxygen pressure at between 930 and 960 with the
o2 High Rate .
This is the time I told them
that the Command Pilot was asleep and I ' d
prefer to do it at a later time .
I think they
called me back a few times on it ; finallJ, when
it got up to about 960 I went ahead and dumped
it .
It scared me to death!
The o2 High Rate started filling the cabin up ,
pressurizing it up around 5.4. At 5,4 on the
button the vent valve relieved and Jim about
came through the top of the hatch.
I was there half asleep with my gl oves off, my
visor down , and a cover over .
Trie cabin vented
and the cabin pressur e dropped about 3/10
of a pound.
I knew that I didn ' t have my gloves
on and I figure ,
"Boy, I am going to have
to get those gloves on in the next half a
second or I'm going to be--"
He didn ' t get his gloves on but he sure was
thrashing around for a littl e while til I got
him the word.
I didn ' t want to wake him up.