Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Bo·-m.a.n
Yes, that is a switch that is never moved unless there is
a failure in the fuel cells.
Lovell
They should be a little better type of switch than they are.
Borman
Mirrors.
Operating without suits on, I found that I seldom
needed the mirror.
I don't believe I used it more than
2 or 3 times except to check and see how far m;r beard had
grown.
Row about you, did you?
Lovell
Well,
they were good for things like looking way back in
the corner, and shining a light back there.
Borman
I was mobile enough that without a suit on I could turn
around very easily and see all around.
There is no question
you need the mirrors. I am not suggesting even remotely
that you take them out. With the suit off it cuts down the
need for them.
The swizzle stick we used once to pry up
the center line stowage bracket. When we opened the center
line stowage after launch, the bottom bracket sprung down
about ~/4 inches, and we bad great difficulty to close it.
We only closed it twice during the flight after that. We
just kept it velcroed partially shut.
Lovell
I think the boost acceleration sprung it out of position.
Borman
Either that, or when they put that fix on there to beef
it up, it resulted in an out-of-tolerance eitua.tion. I hope·
that the people did not fo~ce it shut and then let us take
off that w~. That was a pain in the neck to get it shut.