Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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McDivitt
White
McDivitt
White
McDivitt
White
I had a couple of little holes right down at the
bottom where I could see swimmers down there , and
I could see the nose , but I couldn' t see up at all .
We were talking about the main chute there.
I saw
the drogue chute floating down right next to it-­
drogue chute and the pilot chute with the R & R
can floating down right next to it.
They were
coming down through about- -1et 1s see.
We were on
our backs then , weren't we?
We still hadn't gone
to two-point?
I don't remember.
I don ' t remember either .
I was so busy taking blood pressures .
W~ had the drogue chute and the pilot chute floating
down with us for a long time just off to one side
going do'Wl'l about the same rate.
I thought that
they were supposed to go down slower, but I guess
it doesn ' t .
I guess what probably happened was
we saw them at single-point , but when we went to
two-point , we lost sight of them.
Okay.
We didn't
have any leaks that I could tell.
We had electrical
power.
I didn ' t check to see what the secondary
o2 pressure was .
Did you , F,d?
No.
I didn ' t .