Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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RCS system,and I know what that smells l i ke i t . It did not
smel l that way.
I got a burning sensation in my eyes ,
which was different .
Now, I might have got a mor e con­
centrated one .
I still had my helmet on , and zipped up ,
You had your helmet off .
I be1ieve, t hat witr. the snorke l
open, the compressor ~u1Jed the ambient air through the
snorkel through the compressors and into the suit circuit .
That i s why I got a concentrated rlose of whatever was on
the outside, which causert my eyes to wat er ann to burn.
Whether it was the ablative material , the shing1 es , or
the RCS f umes , I do not know.
Borman
The main chute was perf ect.
Lovell
Looked beaut iful .
Borr.tan
I coul d not see a rip or a t ear or any fraying or any­
thing; i t wa.s just perfect .
The windows were fo(!gy in
flight .
I thought they fogged over and the visibi lity
out of them during the hot part of the reentry , was very
poor al so .
Love11
They started to burn a little bit . Started to peel off
on the outside. I do not know what i t was.
Rorman
When we eot on the water they were fog~ed over with hu­
midity and salt spray.
I guess you have to expect that ,
Leaks:
There were none , that I know of.
Conldn ' t see