John Company

Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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pumps with the suits off, it was comfortable.
When we got
the suits on, &nd both B pumps going, it was not enough to
handle the load.
It was .marginal.
That is right. Normal mode was all we used on water manage­
ment.
Never touched the--­
Never touch the condensator.
The drink gun worked as advertised.
One thing I would mention is the fact that this logging
every ounce you drink was an operational nightmare.
I think the gun is adequate for flights if all you want to
do is to know the total quantity of water that is going out
for balliet purposes or CG purposes. I do not think there
is a requirement to know just how much each crewman is drink­
ing as long as it is adequate. There is no need to log, all
you have to do is report counter readings once a da,y for the
guidance people and .fuel cell people to know just how much
water is being consumed.
Right. It says flush mode.
We never used the Flush mode or
Evaporator Fill mode.
8.5 Communications
The interphone Operation and Quality was okay, without the