Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Lovell
We had to use the levers of the swizzle stick to get the
thing back together again. This was bad.
We also used the
swizzle stick to keep the manual heater switch down on the
FC H
which is a real big pa.in. I t is a very a.mall swit ch
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and you have to hold it for a long tiine. That gets to be
a lot of trouble.
Borman
Lighting, indicators and instruments.
There is one
instrument in the spacecraft that should be lit that i s
not. Tba.t is the digital timer. That is the most
valuable instrument onboard.
We used it continually, it
never varied one second in 339 hours.
We never had to
reset that once. It was exactly on the money.
We checked
it periodically and it never gained or lost a second.
Lovell
But it had to be lit.
Bor.man
It should be lit because it is right on the center panel,
and there is no lighting on it except for the bright l i ght
from the back. Ma.ny times at night and when you are trying
to :maintain dark adaptation you end up having to use the
flashlight on it.
Lovell
It should be a red light for night work.
In the day time
you don't need it because the cockpit is lit up anyway.
It really ruined night vision to turn on that flashlight
to find out what time it was.
Bor:ma.n
The left panel was fine when it was lit up with the display
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