Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Scienttfic Debriefing
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l?aul Lowman:
When you were over the daep ocean could you see FY evidence of currents'
o.t the coast of Africa or the coast of South America.
Did you/ see different colors?
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gooper:
There was some slight difference in color.
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I couldn't determine a pattern
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~d couldn't determine what it was.· I thought it might be'wave patterns.
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Paul Lowman:
Were there different colors going over fores~ areas, over Africa?
Were t here different shades of green?
Cooper:
Not too many.
They looked to be a blue-green instead of a pure green.
Greens didn't come through too well. They were somewhat diffused with this blue
color.
Paul Lowman:
Over the Himalayas, shot number 12, was the green true?
Cooper:
Yes, fairly true.
Shepard : I think w~ should get weather records and corrilate the color with the
moisture content .
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Cooper:
Did you get the list where I identified the pictures?
Paul Lowman:
Comparing with these rocket photographs over in El·•,Paso· area, do
you recall looking there or to we~t over Arizona?
Cooper:
I didn't. I noted I was over this area. It looked familar. I had the
feeling in looking out I was right over the Mexican Border. I don't recall just
what gave me this f~eling.
Soules: There is quite a bit of detail in IR photos.
Cooper: Just before that I noted the town of El Centro and the air base.
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noted one little dry lake area east of there. I kept trying· to see Muroc Dry Lake
and Rosemond up north but neve:c :did see those, but saq several dry lakes. I saw
one very clear. It was not a large one. It was about due east of Salton Sea
area.
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Could you:,see Biggs Air Force Base.
Cooper:
I didn't notice Biggs at all, in fact, I couldn't see the main part of
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