Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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steady as a rock.
AB Jim ha.a already mentioned it st~ed
5.1 the whole flight, a.nd•I never saw it budge at a.11, until
you opened the snorkel.
Right.
Cabin vent va.lve.
We had a double vent valve with the tip bent up to protect
the stop. We never used tha.t until we got down to the
checkl ist during the reentry portion of the flight.
The Cabin Repress V~lve was on the entire flight because we
had the M-1 Experiment hooked to it.
Then, of course, we
actuated it aga.in when we got on the wa.ter just to get some
cooling oxygen into the spa.oeora.ft.
I have no oomments on
i t, we bad no problem with it, the friction had bean in­
crea.sed on it so tha.t it worked quite well. It st!cy"ed in
the open posi t i on for the entire flight.
l et Valve, we used•.•
Just during the reentry phase•.
Right. Just during the reentry phase.
•.•with the snorkel valve, th&t is when I
whiff of that stuff through there.
The Ca.bin Air In­
think I got a
All the time with the suits off, we were running with the
Cabin Air Reci.rcula.tion Valve closed. The r est of the time
when there was one person in the suit and one person out of