John Company

Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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easier than I had thought I ' d ever be able to. It
turned out t ra t I was able to get into that box
easier while in orbit, by far, t han-­
It ' s a rubber covered box.
It's a rubber covered box on the right hand side .
I think that box does have the capability of stow­
ing refuse in it and stowi ng some things prior to
l aunch in it , too .
Did you try that box during flight , Jim?
Yes , I did.
I didn ' t find it easy to get into.
I thought the things we had stowed in it wer e
real good things--items that we didn ' t need at all
in flight and possibly might not need-­
I used all four defecation bags that I h~d on my
side .
I used them up during flight .
In fact , you
used one of them.
That ' s right , we did have a bag of those defeca­
tion bags out .
It just happened to be over on my
side where you could get to it.
You were asleep.
I had to get them or wake you up.
I pressure- checked rey suit .
I checked it at 8. 5
and it bled down several tenths of a psi.
I was
satisfied with the pr essure-holding of rey suit .