Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Borman
Sleep periods.
This is one of the areas where we really
made a wise decision.
We decided that we would sleep simul­
taneously on the regular Houston schedule.
We did slide it
back every day to correspond with the precession of the
orbit .
When we were scheduled for house-keeping and sleep,
we would close up the windows.
We found that the polaroid
filters were not adequatet so, we cut up an aluminized food
bag and placed it between the window and the polaroid shield.
Then, it was really dark inside, it cut out the heat, and
this left us with a real simulated night. As far as we were
concerned, it was night time.
We would get up the next day ,
go to work, and it kept us regular. It kept ue relatively
on a constant type of schedule.
I thought it was very,
very good.
Lovell
We are going to have to go to that for any of the long
flights , any of the lunar missions.
For any of the long
flights we are going to need to use a regular Houston or
Cape day and not change the routine.
Borman
On Apollo, with three men, you probably will have to stand
a watch.
Lovell
True.
But still, you are going to have to keep from getting
too irregular.
I thought sleeping in zero-g was very com­
fortable .
I slept like a log that first week.
Borman
Yes, I had troubles sleeping.
The M-1 was the culprit. It