Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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Lovell
Borman
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Lovell
Borman
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We wasted an awful lot of time on that. It is not that
they would not be profitable. I think that is really where
you get the good tra.ining because you get•••
I am not going to recolDlllend eliminating it. I would
recommend fixing it so that it pl&ys properly.
That is right. Because you get the actual operating with
the people that a.re going to be conducting the flight, get
the communication procedures down, get the whole bit. Un­
fortunately the whole bit was not working.
Tha.t is right. I think this is recognized by a.11 sides. I
understand that Gemini 6 was much better a.fter we left.
14.15 Flight plan tra.i.ning
I really do not think you would c.all that tra.ining. It is
sort of procedures that you go through, and I hope that the
people that come behind rea.lize how big a hand they can have
in ma.king the flight plan and how early they should get into
the business, because there a.re so many people with their
own little inputs. If the orew does not get in early and
keep things under control, you will end up with a.n impossible
situation•