Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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thing turned off and ruined, we went ahead and
turned the IGS Power Supply on, the computer on,
and left it on the rest of the flight anyway.
So, whoever sent those instructions accomplished
it.
I guess what he wanted to do was turn off
the computer.
He sure accomplished that.
It
seemed to me like it would have been more
worthwhile to leave the thing on till we got a
little more data out of the thing, instead of
rushing to get it turned of f the way they d.L<.l,
I don't understand it .
I don't feel that it
was a wise decision.
Unfortunately, I didn ' t
have the electrical power consumption at my
fingertips right then, or I never would have
turned the thing off.
Okay, I guess we're over about 86 hours.
I got
up at 86 hours.
That ' s one of the longest rest
periods that I ' ve had .
At 05 48 45 Zulu we were
supposed to perform a D-9 Experiment , and I guess
we did.
Then I have in my notes that Ed went
to sleep at 87 hours elapsed time .
And this was my five hours of very good sleep.
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