Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965
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271 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt Whi t e McDivitt was gone. That' s when Ed hollered, "'l'here go the pump packages ! I see two pump packages out there. Just exactly what John Young said!" They separate right off to the left side. Jim couldn ' t see them because of the position of his head. I could see them. That 's right. I never saw them at all . I could clearly see the t wo pumps together on the mounting and mounted together. They were right together. And I'll back John up to hilt on that one. I saw them too . We got the ad~pter separated with all the at tendent flying pump packages. Quite a flourish, isn' t it? Right. I t sure is . It was a big bang. There ' s no doubt about it. At TR- 30 , the TR- 30 Sequence Light s ceme on, and at that t:Lme Ed said, "The s aquence 1ights came on about a second or a second and a half in advance. " So , I armed retro squibs , and we discussed whether or not to punch off the Auto- retr o Button or not. If the TRS was fast, I didn't