Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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to do it every time, see to it t hat we get it .
14 .1 1 Launch Simulation
McDivitt
White
McDivitt
White
Okay.
Launch Simulation. I think that the
launch simulations were excellent.
I think t hat
was the first place that we really had a chance
t o work with the people who were going to be
controlling us during the flight .
I think we
got a lot out of it , and I think they got a lot
out of it.
What we really had t o do was learn,
I guess , r espect for each other, and I guess the
only way we could do this was to see how each~
of us was going to handle a situation that arose .
I don ' t have any other comment on it except that
I think t hat it was certainly worthwhile.
I 've got a comment.
Not on t hat, but a thing
t hat f its right in.
Shoot.
I think that the reentry simulations that we did
should be made a regular part of the preparations
for flight . It's just as important to me as the
launch simulation.
I t hink t here should be
regular reentry simulation for the preparations
prior to the flight in the same manner as the