John Company

Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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neglible--you had to really b3 looking for
them to tell they were t here .
There was
just a very slight musty odor in there- - fume.
Not sure-- I'm not sure that p~rt of this
odor isn't part of t he ablati:1g going on
because fiberglass ablates with pretty
high fume rates.
Some pretty pungent fumes off­
ab}ating fibe:rgJass·
The mobility of the suit is nJ better or
no worse than any other suit .
It--suit
definitely cuts you down and iecreases
mobility.
In anything you do , i t just
limits you i n what you can do, limits the
movements you can make and I 1:n talki ng about
unpressurized mobility at thi3 point even.
We didn't do any pressurized ·Nork in the
cockpit but t o unpressurize t ·:1e suit
definitel y cuts you down a gr=at deal in
your mobility and where you cm reach and
takes up a great deal of r oom.
Pressure ­
Are they talking about pressurized suit work
here?
Well , since you didn't do any pressurized,
how about the
und and-­
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