Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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if you were bolted down all day long.
I don't
think the noise changed a bit at lift- off.
You could see the visual cues out the window.
You were watching your gages, Jim.
Were there clouds out there?
No, but I could see it in the clear blue sky.
Could you?
Yes.
I could see the motion.
Okay.
Well, I couldn't.
I was looking out,
I saw a little cloud go by and then I didn ' t see
any more clouds at all,
It was beautiful!
The event timer st arted just like it should,
Of
course, that 's the best display inside the space­
craft for lift-off.
The event timer starts , and
it did,
We got both clocks started with the t ime hack.
had a watch hack on lift-off and the ...
handle
going.
I knew when the engine ignited, within
half a second accuracy.
Three seconds later I
was waiting for the lift-off and it came right at
three seconds,
We could tell ignition, too .
We could hear the
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