Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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surface of the earth; physically, I just couldn't see ito
Roman - That ' s what I meant when I said at best you- d see those · just
before sunrise -- if at all at this time of year.
Schirra - Right.
It was just impossible for _me to see it at thi~
point way back here, so it was occluded by the surface of the earth,
frankly, I just couldn ' t - physically I couldn't see it.
What
really would be fun, by gosh, would be to go back up and have Tony
Jenzano (Director, Morehead Planetarium) lay this out in the planetari ·,
filJl = Yes, yes, you ought to be able to solve that.
Schirra = I would be able to tell exactly what I saw.
I'll do it ­
That 0 s the way to solve this because then I can get the whole star
field, the complete celestial heaven at this time and space ·.
And
then we can make some points.
I think one of you should .go there
with me so we can have this pinned down.
I think we should lay
this out . He (Jenzano) can lay out the whole ~light plan.
Gill = To get it pinned down .
Roman - I would say here that Arcturus or Antares could have been con ­
fused for Aldebaran here.
Gill - Absolutely .
Those would be good candidates.
0 °Keefe - Let ' s not let this point go.
Who should go?
Shoemaker - I think we should plan to do this.
Schirra - I think this is the way to answer this rather than trying
to beat it to death .
I'll bet I'll be able to give you a whole bunch
of information in there (at the planetarium)o
0 °Keefe - Should it be you, or Jocelyn?
Gill - It depends on when it comes off - what time it comes off.