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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini 7 technical debriefing, dated December 23, 1965, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was made from tape recordings of the crew debriefing held December 19 to 21, 1965 at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. In it, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell go through countdown, powered flight, insertion, station keeping with the booster, systems, experiments and training. The table of contents also lists a section on visual sightings during orbital flight.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: December 19-21, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 7 flight crew debriefing conducted December 19-21, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Lights and flashes are mentioned and there is discussion about having proper illumination for vehicle docking. Borman and Lovell discuss celestial and terrestrial observational anomalies and note sightings of Mercury, meteors, aurora, and lightning. They also discuss not being able to see any stars once the Sun comes up.
91 Lovell Borman Lovell Borman Lovell Borman Lovell Borman Lovell pumps with the suits off, it was comfortable. When we got the suits on, &nd both B pumps going, it was not enough to handle the load. It was .marginal. That is right. Normal mode was all we used on water manage ment. Never touched the--- Never touch the condensator. The drink gun worked as advertised. One thing I would mention is the fact that this logging every ounce you drink was an operational nightmare. I think the gun is adequate for flights if all you want to do is to know the total quantity of water that is going out for balliet purposes or CG purposes. I do not think there is a requirement to know just how much each crewman is drink ing as long as it is adequate. There is no need to log, all you have to do is report counter readings once a da,y for the guidance people and .fuel cell people to know just how much water is being consumed. Right. It says flush mode. We never used the Flush mode or Evaporator Fill mode. 8.5 Communications The interphone Operation and Quality was okay, without the
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