Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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3omewhere.
I think you could.
You could stow it beside you
in the seat .
I think we over- emphasize the neces­
sity, particularly for ejection, of having to have
everything stowed when you are only ejecting up to
12 000 feet and at very slow speeds.
We certainly
have a heck of a lot more working against us in
our airplanes we ' re flying around.
That's right .
I agree with you.
I ' m just saying
this philosophy of being completely prepared to
reenter during that first orbit is in conflict
with doing this kind of stuff in the first orbit,
too.
We ought to get some of this, though.
I think we
are missing things .
I would have really-­
Yes, I think so.
We could have really had some
beautiful pictures of that booster when we were
close to it.
I also want to comment a little bit on the booster
itsel f .
I looked as closely as I could at the
nozzle skirt and the aft end of the booster, and
I saw no damage whatsoever.
No, neither did I from our vantage point .
As far as I could see the nozzle skirt was com­
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