Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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put it. The micro-meteroid blanket that I had
strapped under my right leg wasn't a detriment.
As a matter of fact since we had no place to stow
it , I just left it strapped to my leg until reentry.
Then, I felt that if we had to get out in the water
I didn't want to have any straps hanging off me
that I didn't need.
So, I took it off and threw
it on the floor along with Ed's sleeves.
I don't
have anymore comments on my suit.
White
I wore the ENA suit.
I think the mobility of the
suit was about what I had expected. Actually, I
think the mobility in some respects was a little
better, and in some respects it was a little less
than I had expected. I wasn't able to get into the
right-hand aft food box as well as I had thought
I was going to be able to in zero g. In fact, the
position that I had figured out to use, which was
leaning forward and reaching in backwards with my
left arm, didn' t work out well at all. I had to
actually turn around 90 degrees in the seat and
reach in with my right arm.
This worked out all
right.
I was able to get hold of things in the
box.
The surprise that I got though, was that I
could get into the right-hand aft refuse box much