Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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position, with the screen on, along the lower right hand
footwell e.rea. This provided adequate ventilation du.ring
most of the time. When we exercised we found out we built
up quite a bit of extra heat.
I would then move the inlet
hose to a position along side of me, along my left leg,
and tie it down along the side pedestal with the opening
facing upward. This would provide more cooling into the
basic cockpit area and woul d actually keep me a lot cooler
then I had been before.
We found out that without suits on,
the cockpit actually became bigger. There was more oppor­
tunity to move a.round.
You could move the body, there was
lees hesitancy to exercise, less resistance to exercise,
you could get to things easier. You actually had more con­
trol and more comfort without the suit on.
We stowed the
suit on the seat, putting the visor a.long the outer part of
the top of the seat rest a.nd doubling the legs back against
the back of the seat.
We stowed the harness in the juncture
of the back and the seat of the ejection seat. During zero
g we were floating up and we never touched the back pa.rt of
the seat.
Borman
I have some flight notes tha.t I will just read out for the
record. Ventilation without suits, The bypass hoses on the
Gemini provide excellent return ducts for the suit compres­