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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.
“Frank Borman”10 pages
81 have adequate positioning of the exhaust and inlet hoses. Borman I think really to solve the whole problem, if you want to design efficient cooling for suits off operation in space craft, design it the same as you would on the ground. Lovell Right, I think you are right. Borman You would have no problem. For instance, in J110st 0£ the airplanes now that are pressure cooled the flow is so great across them that you have a continuous flow patte:r.n 1n there, coming out usually .f.'.rom one inlet located up around you:r right shoulder a.nd a couple 1n around your feet. I don't think you have to worr:, about the bll88,boo of no convection in zero g because it is overshadowed by the large kinetic energy input through the l arge amount of air. Lovell Cabin pressure was 5.5 on lift-off, came dow.n to 5.1 and st!cy-ed there exactly 5.1 for 14 dqs . It did not move when we jettisoned the ad&pter and went on the bottles, it stqed exactly 5.1. The only time I saw it move was on the water when we used all the o:zyge. up and it went to ze:ro. Borman Well, i t was below 5.1 when we opened the :Inlet Snorkle. Lovell Inlet Snorkle.. yes, that is right. Borman You were talking about the inlet bottle pressure. Lovell Yea, tb&t•s right , the bottle pressure.
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