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To: Jolla

I think a saw an interview with Jim Lovell about an extended Gemini mission, with rendezvous.

Towards the end, can’t remember if it was Lovell, but one had go #2. It was a messy production back then, especially in an even smaller vehicle, so the bathroom humor was “We only have 36 hours more. Can’t you hold it?”


15 posted on 06/23/2019 2:33:58 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

“...you were supposed to go before we left!!”


16 posted on 06/23/2019 3:01:25 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (Jan. 20, 2017, 12:00 PM: The End of an ERROR)
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To: Calvin Locke
Bill Anders did not want to use the system while on Apollo 8. He had a nutritionist prepare a !ow fiber diet prior fo the 3-day flight. When the Yorktown picked them up Anders really bad to go. President Johnson called the ship to congratulate Lovell, Borman, & Anders. Bill was still relieving himself and a savvy sailor slipped a phone into the stall for the call.

Apparently it was a time consuming process.

27 posted on 06/23/2019 11:50:16 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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