John Company

Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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for regular exercise through the day--both of us used
it. There was no noticeable changes in physiological
condition.
I think if anything, it i~ easier to use
inflight than it is on the ground, und.er lg I mean.
One thing I might recommend is that ii have some little
better method of rolling up in maybe some kind of
velcro strap fastened onto it to be able to roll the
thing up into a stowage type configuration.
This is
one thing when you start to stow it anywhere, it tends
to keep unrolling and getting all over the place. But
i t worked very well--no problem.
11 . 8 Inflight Phonocardiogram (M-4)
Cooper
As far as I know, it functioned all right. It was
just like any other sensor, it itched and was trouble­
some as far as another sensor~ It was not comfort­
able, but i t was not overly painful, but it certainly
was very noticeable just like other sensors.
11 . 9 Cardiovascular Ref lex Conditioning (M-1)
Cooper
This worked for some 4 days on Pete. :3:e was the
one that had this on. There were no procedures
or operational problems--it was turned on and left
on for all this period of time in whic:1. time it
ran out of air and quit and the cuffs ·~ere itching
him very much under his suit, and we p:,:-oceeded to get
his suit
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