Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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McDivitt
White
Actually Ed had just finished talking about his
inner liner.
I 1d like to comment about the inner
liner too .
I thought about it when he was talking
about his .
I think that was one of the really
wi se decisions •-
to go with that inner l iner.
I felt that it offered a lot more comfort than
wearing that rubber suit up against my body, or
up against my underwear.
I sort of felt that I
was really quite comfortable in this suit .
I
didn ' t find my mobility limited by my inner l iner
at all, and I had made sure that it fit .
I think
that has a l ot to do with it.
I worked the suit once for about a four-'hour
period with just the rubber insi de .
I
did no­
tice it sticking to me, and I didn ' t feel as com­
fortable . After I got inside the suit with pres­
sure on my body, the suit felt pretty darn good.
I had the knees cut out of my suits .
The knees
are still too short .
Having been in it for four
days , I know the dimensions are wrong.
The di­
mension from my knee down to my foot is not long
enough.
I t ' s not just the inner line~ but the
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