Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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The consistency in the observations on the three separate
orbits would require that the particles were associated
with the spacecraft itself ( I have heard that O'Keefe
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wat9z: i;a:t;e apaee) Col. Glenn iJjf described the
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particlei and the luminosity.
The fact that the coloring
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was a yellow-green and the eiiee~ive observational pi,e­
became fluorescent in sunlight.~e particles observed
in shadow were observed in the scattered light from the
spacecraft and were probably illuminated only by visible
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~~f the spectrum.
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The change of angles of the ~particles approaching
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close th the~ spacecraft~ be attributed to the
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repJesive charge HD the polarities of the particles
and spacecraft were the same.
The ability of Col. Glenn
to observe the particles under improper dark adaptation
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indicate'that an astronaut would be in a position
to carry through a series of experi'1nents to investigate
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the physics of Q.QmROMS
in the solar environment.
P.1wpe1 ry
~d°\he various gases and dust particles ejected
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from the spacecraft during~!
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the spacheaft is in sunlight could be ~
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Observati~ns of.~low ana:-/iaze:
Limited by poor
dark adaptation, Col. Glenn was not able to descibe any