Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Scientific Debriefing
Bill .Armstrong: Act~ Gordo, it turned out, it gave you about a half of •
a degree per second in the opposite direction. This was very apparent on th
postfiight record. You can see your ·thruster ·acti~ when you start to pitch
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up El.lld then as you come right to the bottom of the curve you can see this
little blip on your rate; and then the attitude started back' the other we;yo
.It was real definite.
Something on the order of a half of e. gegree per ·secon
or e. little moreo It was real definite where it occurred.
Well what it does
is start your pitch back the other ·~•
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a:riy thruster action to go ,back 1n the other _direction, to pitch back down .afte~
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you deployed. You. went to cage - to retroattitude and the attitudes just
and start back .over. It was real ·clear on the records where it went 1out..
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Shepard:
Say, in regard to the first question, do you think because you
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had th~ earth as background you could Judge d~stan~e,. because you ha~ e ,
as background'l
Cooper:
I think possibly so~
Of course it's like an airplane when it·•s '
a considerable distance out. It is almost impossible to judge the distan
awe;y.
You can talk yourself into believing it -is almost any distance fro
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on 1n closer you really have a bit
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I did feel that I had almost Judged the distance on that first t
In fact I didn't even "!:>elieve that was it when .I first saw ito
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