Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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period, was that we did not want to have the people say,
"Well, you did not run it the whole time so the experiment
was not valid." We left it on and put up with it in the
hope that we could get rid of it once and for all.
Lovell
Obviously, it did not work.
:Borman
So far as we know it did not make any dif£erence.
And
it did not seem to make any difference inflight or post
flight.
Lovell
It was a waste of time.
11.10 In-flight exerciser (M-3)
:Borman
It is a valuable piece of equipment.
We used it not only
for the crew status passes, we exercised with it 3 times
a day and I thought i t was vecy worthwhile. It is a
simple piece of gear but it is a good device.
Right?
Lovell
Although, I imagine we can improve on exercise equipment
in the future spacecraft.
:Borman
Perhaps, the biggest deteriorati on that we noted in the
muscles was in our legs, and that exerciser was-I do not
know how you can improve on that much.
11.11 In- f l i ght phonocardiogram (M-4) and In-flight sleep
analysis (M-8)
Borman
Well, the equipment problems with M-8 were that the thi ng
is operationally incongruous.
You cannot have those