Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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White One mistake lhat we made o~ our E'fA equip~ent
was the rno·.mting of the Co, tarex camercl. . This
camera s):-iould h,•,ve been attached by velcro to Ill:) ,
s o that I could use it independently of the gun .
It W'.)Uld have been easier for m,3 to us9 and I
would have had a nnlch higher probability of
getting satisfactory pictures with it . It was a
case of lumping too mu~h together--vJtting tha
g-~n and the camera together .
White The attachinAnt of the VCM to the h~rness was
a good type of at tachment . It was easy to dis
co~nec' Lhe two velcro attachments anti move
the che~t pack in and out . I hai to do this
both when I opened the sp:1.cecraft hatch, so it
would clear the hatch handle , a,d I had to ~)ve
it out of the way when I c l osed the spacecraft
and p~mp~d the hatch handle .
White Now we can get into some concl usions . While I
was out , I decided to put a piece of velcro strip
on the side of the adapter to see if later on we
might use this as a method for attaching i tern:, on
tha outside of the spacecraft , if the velcro was
still there and if it was in good shape . I think
the velcro could be madeinto c.. very useful item for
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