Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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CONFIDEf\lTIAL
7.10 Survival Gear
Cooper
7,11 Crew Pick Up
Cooper
FCSD REP
side hatch.
We did have our . • • we saw that they
had the floatation collar around there and the sea
was calm and there was no problem getting any
water in the spacecraft and we decided we weren't
going to go in the water ourselves .
We did have
our neck "'1ams on but we did not have our gloves
on.
We left our helmet and gloves in the cock­
pit and decided well if we did go in the water for
unforecast reason we had our water wings and our
wrists are tight enough to hold your arms above
water and not get much in.
So, we didn ' t fiddle with any survival gear or
anything.
We just stood out on the nose of the spacecraft.
In fact .•• then I moved from the nose over into
one of the liftrafts. Pete came up out of the
hatch and stood on the nose and he took the first
. . . horse co~lar came around.
He got the ho~se
collar and went up to the chopper first and they
lowered it again and I went in behind him.
Oh, one thing we didn ' t mention here.
How about
cutting the chute, the main chute?
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