Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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Your view of the ground is considerable at
minus 30 degrees, a~i it did seem like I could
see the spacecraft actually slow down.
I don't know what the magnitude of the g's was
during retrofire. We were super- sensitive, I'll
tell you that.
We'll get to that later.
As
a matter of fact, later on when I was debating
about whether or not the g meter worked, I
stopped and hit the reset button, and it did
·:1come down. It came down f:r, ~ic. something less
than oL-s· to zero.
I 'd say bet;.reen 2/10 of a g and 1/2 g dtiring"
retrofire.
'I 'd guess something about that order too . It
sure seems a lot.
Your cues a=e really up,,fo r the g's.
You've been at zero e for so long, anything
feels like it ' s a lot.
I was at zero rates ani in the proper attitud~.
I was in Rate Command when the retrorocket s
fired .
I maintained the attitude very well.
It was very ea$y.
There ·were no deviations at
all .
Ed was standing by on the roll rate gyro
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