Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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like a star.
O'Kcefe - I think when Nicks asked if the sun changed in
size, he really - the sun qoesn't change in size as it setso
He meant change in brightnesso
Schirra ~ Apparent size - not the size, but the illusion at
least .
I've got to break off a second here.
I don't recall
seeing many moon sets on earth~
Have any of you ever seen a
good moon set?
Roman - Yes.
Schi rra - You have to be on the West Coast to do it; but, of
course, I saw a moon set on this flight and that is why I
brought it up.
To me, it was the first real good moon set
I had seen q
(Laughter)
O' Keefe - There is a good solid reason for that.
That is
t hat a full moon will set at sunrise.
Not many people are
up at that time.
Schirra - I hope you have had a· chance to see the photographs
I took of this moon set.
Gill - . No .
Schirra - There are two black and white sets of these.
The
original prints were very good.
I understand there is a lot
of halat i on around this .
I definitely think you all should
get these out and examine them.
Now the subsequent prints
were not very good.
They were too fuzzy .
Gill - Who would have them?