Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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McDivitt
White
McDivitt
That's right. The things like how to do the
experiments shouldn' t change.
They should
stay exactly the same.
The operational checks
should remain the same, and maybe t he flight
plan will change a little, but you really
could have most of those books done long in
advance.
·Then you know exactly what information you' re •
going t o take up on the f l ight with you and
can get this laid out l ong in advance.
I think
this is one bi t of experi ence t hat we could
pass on to the guys coming behind, particul arly
the ones that haven't flown before, at least
in Gemini.-just what informati on we took al ong
and the reasons why we took i t and what our
recommendations would be and what we would want
to take now.
Because remember you and I sat up
there the night before the launch and sifted
through a pile of stuff and decided just exactly
what we really wanted to take.
Of course, on the other hand we knew what we
wanted.
I think we were just looking for i t
in that .pile of junk that we had on the table.