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Exploring the Unknown 301
McDivitt
I thought you did an extremely good job getting the bag out. You got it out a lot
quicker than I’d ever seen you do it in the Crew Procedures Trainer in Houston
or in the simulator at the Cape.
White
You didn’t know it. It took me three tries.
McDivitt
Well, maybe it did, but it sure looked like it came out a lot easier. I thought you
got it out in a big hurry. I didn’t notice that it took you three tries. I saw you start,
and then just a short time later, it was out.
White
Well, it did come out pretty easy, and I think the storage was satisfactory, but I’d
certainly recommend that nothing be on the outside to keep it from coming out.
It’s a real tough –
McDivitt
Yes, we need the velcro off of there. We’re pretty well sure of that.
White
The rest of the equipment - the “Y” connectors, the bag that contained the
“Y” connectors, and the attachments for the chest pack I handed to you. I think
you were keeping track of most of those things until the time I needed them.
McDivitt
Yes, I was.
White
The storage of the ventilation module from the floor came off pretty easily. That’s
when I started going ahead and putting it all on. You read the checklist off to me.
I had gone ahead and done a few things anyhow. As you read them off, I checked
them off to be sure that I had done them all. I think we had everything out without
much problem at all. I think it took us longer actually to put it all together.
McDivitt
That’s right. It did. We started going through the checklist here and putting the
things on, and we started getting more and more rushed. We were supposed to
start the Egress Preparation Checklist at about 1:44. We probably started it at
about 1:35 or so. We started it about 10 minutes early, roughly, maybe 5 to 10
minutes early. We were supposed to be ready to start the depressurization at 2:30
over Carnarvon.
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White
I think I could have gone through and hooked everything all up, but I felt that we
should go through fairly close to the procedure we had set up on the checklist.