Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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was a pain in the neck.
We decided to leave it on though
on the theory that if we turned it off the first thing the
experimenter would say was, ''Well you turned it off'. It
was not a valid test." Then some crew in the future would
have to fly with the thing.
So, we left it on for two
weeks and listened to it "clank".
As far as I know it
didn ' t do any good.
Maybe that ' s the end of the M-1.
Invariably, in a state of semi- consciousness it would rouse
me again.
I did not like that.
Lovell
Sleep configuration was very easy.
You just clasp your
.
hands t ogether and hold them there.
When you wake up your
bands are still clasped together.
There are no pressure
points.
You can have a book up there, go to sleep holding
the book, and wake up the next morning and the book is still
right there, still at the same page. It was outstanding.
If mattress companies ever find out how to make a zero-g
mattress they would really have a fortune .
Borman
Sleep period mission briefing. It followed the way we were
briefed.
Very good.
Lovell
Flight controll ers were very outstanding.
Keeping quiet
during the sleep period.
As a matter of fact, they even
called up Wally one time and told him to be quiet.
Yes,
they told him to be quiet .
It was our sleep period.
Borman
Everything went fine.