Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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McDivitt
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So , we had 1/10 g and we thought· we had 3 . .And
we both felt this way .
The g 's went up to a­
bout 7 1/2.
They told us we would probably get
8 g ' s coming down .
When we got the instrument
positions back from the spacecraft , the post
landing switch positions, they had the g- meter
marked at 7 1/2 g ' s , and I suspect that ' s
probably about as high as it went.
Now , I ' m
telling you this was really a piece of cake.
I thought that maybe 7 1/2 g ' s aft~r being out
there for so long would be tough , but I di.dn ' t
even have to breathe hard to get any air,
I
just lay there and relaxed and enjoyed the whole
thing, and I really got a big kick out of that
reentry.
We chatted back and forth .
We talked through
the whole g-load, and I was watching outside
and inside .
I was looking out quite a bit of
the time when things were going so smoothly,
particularly the g- load.
When you get to the
high g's , you might as well look out, because
you ' re not going to do anything about it , and
I noticed no dimming in vision .
Everything was
as clear as a bell .
Not a speck. I could see
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