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Exploring the Unknown 337
White
I think you felt the temperature more than I did.
McDivitt
I felt the temperature go down, rather than up.
White
I felt that also while outside. I would say it was a very comfortable figure. I figure
that I was probably at 68 degrees temperature out there inside the suit, which was
cooler than I had been anytime during the flight. It wasn’t a cold feel ing, just a
very natural comfortable temperature.
McDivitt
Suit inlet temperature was running about 55° during most of the flight. It got
down around 52°, so it probably might have even been cooler than your 68°.
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White
Well, it was cooler inside the suit when I was outside the spacecraft than at any
other time during the flight. It wasn’t uncomfortably cool there at all.
White
I think that we can go on with some conclusions. Some conclusions that I had were:
1. I didn’t notice any extremely hot temperatures on the outside of
the spacecraft. I also didn’t contact surfaces for any period of time to
transfer much in the way of a heat load to any part of my suit including
the gloves.
2. There’s a definite requirement for some type of handholds outside
the spacecraft.
3. We should think a little more on where we want to operate during
EVA and where to attach the tether. The tether was not attached at a
point that would provide me the capa bility to operate in the area that I
wanted to.
McDivitt
You couldn’t get to the nose. It provided great operation for directly above.
White
Straight above.
McDivitt
I just don’t know how you would get the thing out there. You would have to run it
along the spacecraft, then attach it somewhere at the front.