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This is a preliminary transcript of Part II of the Gemini 4 (GT-4) flight crew debriefing, prepared by NASA's Spacecraft Operations Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, and dated June 18, 1965. The debriefing began aboard the recovery ship USS Wasp and ended at the Manned Spacecraft Center. In it, astronauts McDivitt and White discuss how the spacecraft systems performed, including the platform, OAMS, RCS and control modes. They also cover operational checks, visual sightings, experiments, mission planning and training, and give recommendations for future crews.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: 6/9/65, North Atlantic Ocean. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 4 flight crew debriefing taken aboard the recovery ship, USS Wasp, on June 9, 1965. Part II of this document contains the “Visual Sightings” section of the debriefing (pages 196-224), where astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White describe their observations while aboard the spacecraft.
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34 McDivitt White Actually Ed had just finished talking about his inner liner . I 1 d like to comment about the inner liner too . I thought about it when he was talking about his . I think that was one of the reall y wi se decisions •- to go with that inner l iner . I felt that it offered a lot more comfort than wearing that rubber suit up against my body, or up against my underwear. I sort of felt that I was really quite comfortable in this suit . I didn ' t find my mobility limited by my inner l iner at all , and I had made sure that it fit . I think that has a l ot to do with it. I worked the suit once for about a four-'hour period with just the rubber ins i de . I did no- tice it sticking to me, and I didn ' t feel as com fortable . After I got inside the suit with pres sure on my body , the suit felt pretty darn good. I had the knees cut out of my suits . The knees are still too short . Having been in it for four days , I know the dimensions are wrong . The di mension from my knee down to my foot is not long enough . I t ' s not just the inner line~ but the 1f¥18~4AL ··~
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