John Company

Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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the time.
I had to say something.
It is quite an impressive
view when you're up there --the very the first
time you look out and you see it. I looked out
and all I could see was the horizon and the
blue down below us.
You probably couldn't,
because as I think of it now, we were on the
side.
I could see the horizon and you couldn't.
All you could see was the sky.
Right.
So I could see a little of both.
I could see the
clouds, the water, and the whole smear.
The
first time I saw that out the window I called
that out to Jim, and it was quite an exciting
view.
Engine No. 2 ignition-- I didn't see anything
that had to do with lighting the second engine
off.
The horizon view, I just discussed.
At
SECO, there was a lot of debris going by.
That was at spacecraft sep, wasn't it, rather
than SEGO?
You1',re right.
You' re absolutely right.
At
SEGO, I didn't see anything other than that
the acceleration profile went down to zero.
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