Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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sors. They were mounted with the inlet on the outside wa.11
near the individual crewma.ns outboard knee. The suit inlet
hose wa.s then positioned to secure different !low patterns.
]ecause no provision had been made for special inlet hoses,
only two positions were tried. The one most often used was
the suit inlet hose located near the inboard shoulder point­
ing forwa.rd.
This produced a flow pattern from righ.t to
left down across the body. The body was never really in the
flow but a very comfortable circulation pattern was set up.
The other primary pattern consisted of leaving the suit out­
let hose in the same place, but putting the inlet hose nea.r
the outboard lrnee, pointing 90• from the direction of the
outlet hose. This pattern al so produced a comfortable flow
pattern. In truth, I believe the cabin is so small in
volume compared to the amount of air introduced by the suit
circuit that almost any- arra.ngement would provide enough
&ir to provide efficient cooling.
We also have some sketch­
es of how this went.
Lovell
We also believe, after spending several dteys without suits
on that the theory that at zero g there would be no con•
vec'Ji.on cooling•••
:Borma.n
I am sure that there isn't a:riy, due to oha.nge in the heating
condition.