Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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We had one area where we were a bit too ambitious,
and this was in the stars for the Air Force D-9.
We reviewed this, also, so there was no lack of
planning. It just turned out that using these
stars in the sequence that we had for them,with
the type of fuel constraints that we had imposed
upon us, we just couldn't effectively run the ex­
periment without using a great deal of fuel.
Yes .
And I think that this came about just because
of a lack of lmowledge on everyone's part, on just
what we could handle in the spacecraft and the
rates that the stars move through the skies .
That was something t hat we learned on this flight.
I think so .
I think that's part of the qualitative
data that we brought back for D-9, but I do feel
that the pre-flight planning for D-6 was completely
inadequate.
Anything else on a:n.y of the other ex­
periments?
No, I think the other experiments were well briefed
to us .
We understood them quite ~ell and I think
the procedures were well taken care of.
That's right.
Let me clarify one thing.
I t hink
t hat the technical aspect of D-6 was one of the
best briefed of all the experiments.
The DOD people