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Buzz brought in the idea of training in the water tank. >> i was a scuba diver from 1957, so i knew a bit about dealing with currents and moving around and spacewalking, it was very delicate moving and you balance so you don't exert yourself. so i started training underwater. >> buzz put all that together and the final e.v.a. was done very much by the book. it was a big success. >> so i was standing up in the hatch and looking around and took a couple pictures of texas and the astrodome and took a -- and i decided let me just turn around and take a picture. nothing unusual about that. but that...

Again. safely back in the spacecraft. it was a disappointing space walk in a true sense. >> the only thing we did not do well was e.v.a., extra-vehicular activity. for the last flight gemini 12 buzz brought in the idea of training in the water tank. >> i was a scuba diver from 1957, so i knew a bit about dealing with currents and moving around and spacewalking. it was very delicate moving and you balance so you don't exert yourself. so i started training underwater. >> buzz put all that together and the final eva was done very much by the book. it was a big success. >> so i was standing up in ...