Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Scientific Debriefing
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Bill Armstrong:
You get a 30 degree angle view througb'._the window.
the top of the window to the bottom,
variation of ·.30 degrees.
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John:
How far ·would he have to pitcp down'l
Bill Armstrong:
He would probably have to be below retroattitudeG
to almost have all earth· in the window.
Probably about 30 degreesG
Cooper:
I had a~-:few comments that I made·on the onboard tape about the
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"I am at 4st daylight going ixlto dark" I had been ·looking ,for that flashing · 1
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·beacon.
"This light in sight is below me.
It is quite a brownish
b;rown and considerable ~titude above the ground." In other words I was
convinced it was not a light down on_the ground but _it had ·movemento
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mentioned several other items here such as this light being ·visibl_e_among
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"The ligJ;it is f.1lashing, now. It is· the lighto It is quite
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bright and quite discernible. It appears to be about -10 to l2 miles awayo
I'm keeping it exactli in the windpw.
About the order ·of a second magnitude .. • '
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star now." and that time was 05:ll:34.
".The light is sM.µ in sight in .the ··. •
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' center of the window.
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Bill Armstrong:
Did you,--acc?rding to -the voice tape it.
xruq, have yawed away a_little bit then ·.and then c;:ame .-back..
Did you yaw away and -t?hen •come right back to ~t'l ,