Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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light. The center panel and the right panel were all right.
There is no question that the lighting system on the LEM is
superior.
Lovell
We used the red lighting more than I thought we would ever
use it. We never used it in simulations.
The red lighting
turned out ve-ry nicely when we started looking out the
window, using the stars, getting oriented and things of this
nature.
Borman
The pedestal, console and circuit breaker areas just aren't
lit. Same way with the water management panel, when you
wanted to check that,the only thing you could do was use
your flashlight. It was not a big problem.
The little
flashlight that CSD developed, and put in, was one of the
most valuable pieces of gear we had.
We used it continually
throughout the flight, it is much more valuable than finger­
tip lights. I see no reason for fingertip lights because
you're not going to fly with gloves on most of the time.
If we would have had them, they would have been stowed.
This little flashlight turned out to be a little jewel.
The
utility light I did not use once in the whole flight.
Lovel l
I turned mine on once to see if it worked.
Borman
The flashlight was much easier to get to.
We velcroed it
right in front of us, and it was very handy.
And at the
end of 14 days it seemed as bright as it was before.
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