John Company

Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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1.5 ECS
Borman
ECS worked fine.
We had no trouble with ECS at all during
prelaunch or launch.
Lovell
That is true. The purge was a lot slower and it was just
perfect for the final countdown. It was too fast for the
SIM Flight, which we went through, a.nd I got an ee.:r block­
age.
For the countdown, it was ju.st r ight.
Very slow.
1.6 Sounds
Borman
We had been well briefed on all the soundsz the gimbaling,
pre­ valve, a.nd erector.
As a matter of fact, when the erec­
tor started down there was no sound.
We had been told that
probably there might be a clanking or something. I hes.rd
nothing.
Lovell
All I saw was the sky.
1.7 Vibrations
Borm8ll
Vibrations.
No comment.
I had no problems.
Lovell
Is this liftoff vibrations?
Borman
No, this is countdown.
Vibrations of the spacecraft during
countdown.
Lovell
No, nothing we had not heard before.
1.8 Visual
Lovell
The windows were perfeot.
We had no fogging.
Borman
No fogging.