Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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urinate into is unsatisfactory.
We ended up with urine
all over ourselves everytime we t ried t o use it. I t
was sort of happenstance.
If you lucked out, you didn't
get a leak.
But based on the experience that we had up
there, I would think that the we.y to go is
a simpl e
overboard device where you vent r ight to the atmosphere,
and urinate into a tube•Esse.ntially the same thi.ng you
do in C-47,
Borman
We carried the flow meter along and the Delta P across
the f low meter and the filter can be i ncorporated with
it. I am sure this is enough to al low you just to urinate
right into a relief tube right overboard. I do not see any
reason to go through this stage where you have urine all
over yourself 4 or 5 times a day. A very unacceptabl e
device.
Do you agree?
Lovell
Right. I thi nk we can improve on the urine dump system
tremendously.
Borman
I think they ought to start looking into just a dump
right overboard.
You do not use a rubber condom or
anything.
Lovell
Because that things puts back pressure whi ch i s really sort
of dangerous I think, and besides that, it is uncomfortable.
And when you have back pressure. ..
Borman
Yeah. When you have a big enough receiver and you urinate