Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Do you mean back from you or back along the :t'light path7
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I mean back the actual flight path.
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Dr. Voas :
Were these paths actually curved? You're of course familiar with the
fact that .as things go backward they appear to converge .
Did they actually seem
to curve in?
Cooper: If I would be sitting facing this way, the ones out of the left yaw
thruster would move right out and move directly back along the flight path;
the ones out of the .right one would go out in front of me and would turn back.
John Boynton:
Did you note any difficulty in identifying lunar features?
Cooper:
I couldn't :9-istinguish anything on the moon. It seemed considerably
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brighter. And seeme.d to have more light. I couldn't really distinguish anything.
Roach:
Would it be practicl.e to have binoculars aboard?
Cooper:
I think it would.
The moon was much clearer than on the ground.
Huch:
Could you see the earth shine on the moon7
Cooper:
The moon w~s f'uller when it was settil:lg than at other times during the
night. I never realized that before just now.
But it seemed to be almost full
when it was setting.,• But on the night side there was only a thir~ of the moon.
How about that now. , The moon was almost f'ully round when it was setting.
I think
the :pict ures will show it.
Roach:
That could be earth shine.
Cooper: That's right. It is a pale color, of course, in daylight.
Dr. Voas :
Did it appear to you normal in brightness on the day side7
Cooper:
Yes, it was just a lightish blue color.
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