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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.
urinate into is unsatisfactory. We ended up with urine all over ourselves everytime we t ried t o use it. I t was sort of happenstance . If you lucked out, you didn't get a leak . But based on the experience that we had up there, I would think that the we.y to go is a simpl e overboard device where you vent r ight to the atmosphere, and urinate into a tub e•Esse.ntially the same thi.ng you do in C-47, Borman We carried the flow meter a long and the Delta P across the f low meter and the filter can be i ncorporated with it. I am sure this is enough to a l low you just to urinate right into a relief tube right overboard. I do not see any reason to go through this stage where you have urine all over yourself 4 or 5 times a day. A very unacceptabl e device . Do you agree? Lovell Right. I thi nk we can improve on the urine dump system tremendously. Borman I think they ought to start looking into just a dump right overboard. You do not use a rubber condom or anything. Lovell Because that things puts back pressure whi ch i s really sort of dangerous I think , and besides that , it is uncomfortable. And when you have ba ck pressure . .. Borman Yeah. When you have a big enough receiver a nd you urinate
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