John Company

Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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finally just dereefed and we had an excellent
chute. It popped out and came back in.
About
a quarter of it along the edge folded back in
and then popped back out again and we had a
beautiful chute.
Do you have anything else on
the main chute?
No.
I couldn't see it until it started to de­
reef. From the dereef on, I could see the chute
and was very happy to see it.
During our descent to landing I could see the
Rand R can with both the drogue and the ~ilot
chutes attached to it.,floating off to one side.
After we landed, I noticed that there was steam
coming out of the RCS thrusters. This steam
didn't last very long.
I could see the sea dye
marker in the water.
I could see the parachute
in the water.
I think you also ought to indicate that the
windows steamed up quite a bit. I could see
out a little better than you.
You couldn't
even see '50 •• feet out in front of you on your
side.
No, I sure couldn't. • There was
a hole down