Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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;Scienti fic Debriefing
(General Observations)
,Pr• O'Keefe:
I u.:c.dersta.nd the hissing noise was completely -negative. Can you
i e sure it was not then'l
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Ooo:per:
I didn't ever hear it at all. I had good fit~ing ear caps.
Dr. O'Keefe: Were you listening for it at the time'l
Cooper: Yes, except I had my visor closed and with ~he visor closed you can't
hear too much.
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Dr. 0 'Keefe: At one p~_int a rumor circulated· in the public mess that you had
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seen a meteor.
Cooper:
This was a false rumor.
Dr. 0 'Keefe: At one point you said you saw frost on the window. •
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Cooper:
This is _the mat_erial that turned out to be oil.
Paul Lewan: Have you seen the terrain photos'? Have yo:u seen number 8, east
coast of Africa'? Does it look this blue'l
Cooper: Not quite"' The film has fairly true'reproduction but in several cases it
might be a little more blue in film, than it actually is.
Paul Lewan:
How ·apout the shots over Himalayas'?
Cooper:
They look fai~~y true to color.
Paul Lewan: Where you're goo.ng over the ocean, could _you distinguish different
shades of b1ue'l
Cooper:
Yes, over GBI, E1euthera and Buba and right down the whole island chain, •·
you could very definitely tell the shallower water areas~ You could see reefs
and green water in some of the lagoons. Not real distinctive green as you might think,
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and you could se~ sand at about its normal color. If you are looking straight down
If you're looking
on things the color is more true than if you're looking at an angle.
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at an angle, there is more of a bluish tint.
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