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[i]SHEPARD: I'm glad we decided to get out of the MQF the way we did. By the time we were ready to get out of that, it was a mess. We had the probe and the Hycon in there ... MITCHELL: And 108 pounds of rock. SHEPARD: And 108 pounds of extra rocks. There just wasn't room for anything else in there. By the time we got out, I was tickled to death to leave it. ROOSA: The MQF is designed for four, five, or six people to live in; and that's not the case when you're on board ship. You've that many people living in it, but you have at least two people just working all the time. They have to bring all those samples in and there's no place to work except right in the aisle. You're all over each other in there. MITCHELL: In all due fairness, the two guys that were in there with us did one whale of a job. SHEPARD: Yes. MITCHELL: They did their job and let us get some sleep. ROOSA: They did a magnificent job. SLAYTON: What if you had to spend 7 more days in there? ROOSA: Oh, that would have been so bad! SHEPARD: Yes. There's no way they could have air locked out the probe and the camera. It was like having one extra person in there. Fortunately, we had the tunnel between the trailer and the spacecraft. We could walk out there during the day. MITCHELL: It helped to break the routine.[/i]
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