Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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I was referring to here as the transition from the last blue
band I could see to the total darkness of spaceo
I gaess this
is the only way I can describe thato
This was a surprise to me
to see thisp really o
0 °Keefe = Well, it is astonishing, isn't it?
Schirra - Yes, it iso
I expected to see a nice, sharply delin ­
eated arcp and this was not the case by any means.
O' Keefe - Whatever it was, it was turbulence?
Schirra = Yes, this is the way I would describe it. It has
to be or the light in a sense made it look turbulent.
I
think you have all seen the base of a thunderstorm as it comes
towards you and the light starts diminishing rapidly as you get
a thunderstorm o Just because it is so thick and almost opaque
in contrast to sunlight that can get througho
Then we see this
vortex effect underneath it and this is very much the way I
would describe it myselfo
This was the transition from visible
to no light o
No sharp lineo
I think you probably have it
fairly well sketched right thereo
Dubin = Have you seen the sketches?
(Mrso Cameron's sketches
of colored bands around the horizono)
Schi rra - No, I haven'to
O' Keefe = Why don ut you take them around there, Mrs. Cameron
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so we can get additions and corrections (to the drawings).
(Schirra and Cameron looking at the drawings)
Cameron = This is your first description (drawing shown to
Schirra) oo o
This is the second descriptiono ooo