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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.
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80 .. Lovell The mass of the air being pushed out by the compressors is enough to give adequate flow throughout the entire Gemini cockl)it. We had no problems with air flow. :Borman It would have been a very, very difficult task to stay in those suits for 14 days, i f not impossible . We cer t ain ly woul d have been in much worse shape when we got down. Lovell I believe so. We were requested from Houston to try the hose position evaluation where by the inlet and outlet hoses we.re together. :Borman Yes. Lovell We tried it and to be perfectly honest, with the small cock pit and the 8.lllount of flow out of the inlet hose, we did not find much difference, it was adequate, but it was awkward to use it that way. We di d find out that if my exhaust hose was put on Frank 's side t hat we would get stagnant spots on my side of the cockpit where although I wasn't uncomforta- ble... :Borman •.. that is with yo~ inl et hose being turned off. So all these flows were introduced on my side and both the return hoses were on my side. Lovell That is right, they were on your side. I found stagnant areas, I wasn't uncomfortable, but I did find stagnant area.a where there was no flow going on on my side. You have to
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