Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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MoDivitt
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should be set up so that it can record conversa­
tions on normal UHF , HF , and INTERCOM type opera­
tions .
As Jim pointed out , in our flight alone
I think we l ost sets of valuabl e information.
During launch we weren' t able to tape anything
onboard.
We weren't able to tape the work during
EVA .
We could have taped some of the work during
t he rendezvous part of the flight ,
I don' t be­
lieve we taped i t though.
The w~y it's set up
you wouldn't l eave i t on in that manner.
We both
had requirements to communicate over UHF . This
was our normal mode of operation . If we have a
tape recorder, it shoul d have a separate switch.
If t here is an hour limitation on the tape, there
should be a light that oomes on and is easily visi­
ble on the front somewhere.
That's right . It ought to go right on the VCC .
That's right . That 's really where the light be­
longs .
I think that it woul d be desirable and
important to have a voice t ape of what ' s going on
throughout the flight .
I wouldn't have any ob­
jection to having a tape recorder with the capa­
bility of recording more than the one hour at a
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