Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Conrad
Even on as calm a day as that, boy, don't ever
open those hatches unless it is a dire emergency
until they've got that collar on there.
Cooper
I agree.
Conrad
I could see that thing going right straight to the
bottom.
Cooper
I agree. Pete and I both were in complete agreement
on this.
Conrad
It was as calm as you could get out there.
Cooper
It was a beautiful, calm day.
And even so, his
point is exactly valid.
I think that if you open
up even the left hatch, which is the higher hatch,
there would be an occasional wave which would
throw water into it. I think opening those hatches
out there, even with the splash curtain, is a
real bad situation, unless you Just absolutely
have to. You are risking really filling it.
Of course, I think you can get them closed and
shut down if you start taking water on board,
but there is no sense in getting the whole inside
all smeared with salt water. However, we were
perfectly cool inside with both suit fans operat­
ing when we got the repress off, the o2 high
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