Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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McDivitt
White
McDivitt
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for one time when they called us up and told us
we wer e 190 amp-hour s , I think it was 190 amp­
hours , over-­
That was after we turned the computer off.
I
wanted to find out why we turned the computer off
and if we were really short on electrical power.
Then they told me we were 160 amp-hours over the
200 amp-hours cushion.
I almost went throught the
overhead .
I think I'd like to have had a little more infor­
mati on from the ground on the status of our elec­
trical system.
The main batteries--I have a com­
ment on them.
They started out with a charge of
about 24 volts and progressively decreased to the
point where I was a hair concerned about them.
They progressed down to the 22. 5 reading and
began to shade lower than that near the end of
the mission.
I was using the parallax to be sure
I had a satisfactory reading on t he gages each
time.
I noticed they decr eased down to a minimum
of 22. 5.
Maybe it got to 22 but it was getting
near t he end of the mission.
Ha, ha! Maybe 22.49.
Just the way I 'd lean my head I could get the