Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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that little spacecraft could get mighty nauseous
if you really had rough seas.
We did have just a t winge of RCS fumes in there.
We had sealed it off at 2,000 feet and it had only
bui]
up to a pound by the time we got en the
water, so that secondary o flow rate ar..
2
d o2
high rate is just not putting out a hecli: of a lot
of flow.
But it helps.
I think you really had t o really
sniff to--you had to be hunting for it to smell
the fumes.
Once we got the snorkel open again on the wat er
and had the cabin fan and the two suit :~ans running,
the smell disappeared shortly thereafte::.-.
Yes, it was nice and fresh.
I t got to be nice and fresh in there. As Gordo
says, we wer e perspiring lightly but ou~ best
bet there was we were getting good flow in the
suits from the t wo fans with the snorkel open.
I might recommend at this point for later crews
that this~ a good point to take that doggone bl ood
pressure bulb and pump up the water system and
drink all the water you can drink right there .
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