Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

Text

This text came with the file. It may have mistakes. When the text and the image disagree, the image is right.

45
White
McDivitt
White
McDivitt
White
.-CQ~qfl9tNTIAL
That' s correct.
I could put yours in fairly easy.
That's right .
I think that when you turn towards
the center of the spacecraft , you end up with more
room than if you turned to the outside.
You can' t
see a thing if you are turning toward the outside.
This is probably covered later, but my hose lengths
were not long enough to permit me to turn all the
way around ,
I knew this when we went through
Weight and Balance.
I knew my hoses were not
long enough but it was too late, as far as I was
concerned, t o change them at that ti~ .
But, I
couldn't see the holes on my side to insert the
drogue pin. I couldn' t see the holes for your
drogue pin either, but I could get a better view
of them over there so I knew approximately where
t o put the pin,
I think in all respects the drogue
pins are not satisfactory. You just can't see
them; the pins are incorrect, the holes are in­
correct, and I think we can certainly do better
with them.
I think what Ed is saying is that it 's lousy.
That's right. In two letter words, it stinks !
This is the way the batteries were reading out
when I checked them at insertion. And this is what
CO ► 4FIDE~~rft"AI: