Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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and 40 minutes.
To me it was very clear.
McDivitt
It took Ed a long time to decide-- about two or
three milliseconds .
White
That' s right .
I felt that I knew my buddy well
enough and made the decision that we ' d take the
heliocopter pickup .
I saw that he was actually
on the radio at the time and he rogered the
decision.
So we waited for the heliocopter
pickup.
7,8 Recovery Force Personnel
McDivitt
White
McDivitt
We had good communications with the recovery
forces .
They were on our frequency.
We heard
all the transmissions that were going back and
forth .
Shoot , we probabl y knew more about the
recovery than anybody else around.
They got the
flotation collar in the water in a hurry and
came over and put it right on.
I saw this thing
around the spacecraft and I saw it start
inflating.
I was really elated when I saw that
,­
thing pumping up.
I had the f i rst contact with the real live man.
That ' s right.
He looked in Ed ' s window to see
if we were alive , I guess .
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