Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Now.
You ought to take it out, throw it away,
and leave a hole in the instrument panel.
But
honestly, what I do think ought to go up t here ,
is a good digital clock readout .
I don ' t think an analog clock in that position
would do you any good though.
They both have a high degree of parallax.
Yes, the parallax would make it usel ess .
I think
if it goes in there it ought to be digital .
Yes, a one- second clock.
I 'm not really sure that we're going to get a
digital clock in because of the complexity and
the weight and all that jazz.
Let ' s talk about the clocks right now, Jim.
Okay, let ' s talk about the clocks .
I 'll hit mine and then you hit yours and then
there should be a conclusion that we could come
to .
Very good.
I think the clock on my side is unsatisfactory.
I wouldn ' t recommend flying it on another flight .
It's difficult to read. There are two hands
going aroun~ keeping track of minute~ and some-
t ~
ou read the wro~ minute hand. The one
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