Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Lovell
Borman
We were thoroughly briefed on the ejection seat by NASA
people.
I thought we were well prepared for that.
14.10 Parachute Training
I think that all the parachute training that is required
is launch off the island for a water landing.
I think
that is all the Parachute training you need,
because
that is .most likely where you are going to la.nd.
You are
going to land on la.nd during an abort, so there would be
all kinds of people to help you or you are not going to
make it e:nyway.
Guess you would be too close to the
booster. I think the water landing training is very
important, especially when you are using new equipment
like our new sui ts. If we had the 4C suits again for this
flight, I think that, since we had rotated so early from
Gemini 4, that we could have eliminated that and not have
any real probletll!I.
I think that all t he t raining should be conducted with
training suits on. It does not :make much sense to go out
there in a swimming euit o
And we .might mention that we had one suit out there for