Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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that the four of us got it pretty well squared
away.
Then just before launch we found out down
at the Cape that because they had gotten those
switches in the wrong position we pumped 32
pounds of water out of the adapter, used up all
the pressurant for the water system, and pumped
all the water into the lithium hydroxide canj.,3ter.
If it hadn't been for one last minute check in
the data, we would have lost the lithium hydrox­
ide canister full of water and nothing to drink
with. So we would have had about an hour flight,
if we had gone that long.
I think that before
we fly another flight we ought to have all the
people at McDonnell and NASA, who are ·respons-ible
for this thing get it squared away and figure out
just where the heck they want these switch posi­
tions.and get them there. If there are a lot of
switch positions on that panel that aren't useful
anymore, we should just go ahead and block them
off.
We decided between the four of us that there
were--I don't even know what they call those
switches-­
White
Condensate Valve and Water Valve.
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