Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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·iscienti fic Debriefing
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i_i ,Boynton:
Did you find that later in the flight audio inputs became more startling
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ior more distinct'Z
Did they seem to be more profound'Z
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:Cooper:
Later in flight, I began to' notice the relay panel wiping.back and forth
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/whereas I hadn't noticed it before. The music sounded pretty good. If I'd had
\a radio on board, I could have used it.
John Boynton:
Did you find you might look forward to hearing collllllunications, say
more so than in the· first of the fligbt'Z
Cooper:
No.
Not that I noted.
John B.: Could you hear better?
Cooper :
No.
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Dr. voas:
Did you at any time hear an unusual noise?
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Cooper:
No.
Roach:
Was there any change of radio static in electrical storms'Z
In connection
with t he ·problem of radio
' static, there is a phenomenon of static going to and
fro between the hemis:pheres, wen it returns it comes back as a ,wistle •
D~d you
ever hear a wistle'Z
Cooper:
No, I didn't.
Note:
Some questio~s were then raised concerning the appearance of the horizon
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at sunrise and sunset. Cooper stated that the horizon near the sun was a golden .
color at sunset, spreading away from the sun.
He stated:
"The real dom_inant thing ,
is that it is gold as it •is setting and it is real blue as it s~arts to come up.
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He stated again tha~ he saw the Zodiacal light both night and morning. It was· a .
very low order magn,itude light, about the s~e at sunrise and at sunset. He '
estimated its elongation to be ~bout 15 degrees.
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