Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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sweat time-wise on making o:1r EVA.
So , I was
trying to be of what assistance I could to Jim
on watching the booster during these first
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critical periods.
Yes. It wasn ' t unappreciated because this
booster was becoming a speck on the horizon, and
if you blinked your eyes you co:1ld very well lose
thn dar.r1 thi"lg .
When wa were out that seconi day, I think you
said one tiine you did. lose it for a minute.
Tha~' s right.
I was lucky enough to still be seeing it , un~il
yo0.i started picking it up again.
That ' s r.·I.ght .
So, I'm saying it really took
t ~o pairs of eyes constantly looking at that
booster to keep it in sight. It's juAt one of
those thingH that just took so much time thkt
we hadn ' t planned on.
It was almost unbelievable.
In o:.ir flight plan from an ho:.ir to at1 hour and
twenty minutes we don't really show a'.1.ything.
Although, here again, we were busy with the
booster.
So, when we got l:l.1'.'0und to closing with
the boost~r, there wasn't any closing.
We
finally got clearance over the United States to stop
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