Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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1100 psi?
Yes.
I'll tell you one thing about the out-the­
window view at 30 degrees pitch-down attitude.
You're really pitched down at 30 degrees .
That's another thing that I noticed.
I was
looking out the window, and I s~rely wasn ' t
obse~ving much in the way of a horizon.
I was
looking at the ground.
The top · 2 inches of the window has the hori­
zon in it.
So , if you really had a bad r etro
and you get scr ewed up a l i ttle bi t , you coul d
lose your horizon.
You could lose your horizon, but I think you've
got a good enough view of the motion of the
ground az1d an object on the ground.
I thl.nk
you could do a very effective job.
If I really hai to do a..~ out-the-window retro
I ' m 11.)t even sure that I ' d look out and use the
hori zon.
I think I ' d pick a spot on the ground.
That' s the point I was making.
You' d put a
grease pencil on your window.
You'd have to use both .
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