Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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it on.
I think they are trying to trace that through.
It wasn't
Aldebaran, that ' s for sure.
• Dubin - You say that you never saw your fluorescent numbers on
your watch?
Schirra - No, I did not.
This bothered me .
Dub in - Did you look at it?
Schi rra - Yes .
Dunke l man - Is this some watch that requires exposure to li ght f or
awhi le?
Schi rra - Correct.
There is another answer to th i s.
The time
function, meaning just running time, has th e fluorescent, but the
elapsed time that I used on this watch i s just black and whi te.
I wanted badly to get at least the hands coated and this i s a r eal
chore .
Very few people do this for you.
I would have liked very
much to have had this done, but couldn't ·get it.
DUnkeJman - I would sure like to see the CIC lighting people
have a chance to put their two cents into this who l e thing about
the lights, for Apollo or something like that.
Schirra - I have gone on record saying that Gemini will -not f l y
until I personally run a lighting mockup on that vehicle as we l l
as on Apollo .
There are many people who know how strongly I f eel
on t his subject.
Gill _- Very good .
Very good.
Schi rra - What I ' m getting at is, if you can get the light out
of the vehicle, you don't need to spend a lot of time adapting.
Gill - Right.