Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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there.
We never did get them back there.
There was no possibility to put them back there
once we filled it up.
Yes, but even if we wanted to, I don't think there
was any big desire to put them back there.
It would have been nice to stretch but that's
just about all.
That would have been from time
to time.
That's right .
I found that actually the thing that I appreciated
the most was having a lower seat so I could actu­
ally stretch my legs out forward than actually
behind and bending my knees.
Yes, I was more interested in straight"ening my
legs out than bending them back more.
I couldn' t have done that if they hadn ' t corrected
that seat. I was able to get in and use the stow­
age in the refuse box on my side fairly easily.
This is the rubber covered box.
Jim said his
wasn ' t quite as easy to get into .
I had to get
into a certain position to get back there, but it
sure surprised me.
I thought it would be just
about useless.