Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Scientific Debriefing
Cooper:
Just once.
Bill Armstrong: Did you do it twice or Just once?
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Cooper:
No, , I kept it 1n s,ight for quite awhile ·ap.d then yawed away from ·it
and then came right back.
Cooper:
At 05:13:40 I made some coments on the Mi1q Way and varioW;J
things and at 05:16:35 the light was still in sight. Thunderstorms were
in under it at the moment but it was still quite distinctive..
And this
at 05:18:05.
Bill Armstrong:
What brightness do you think you need if you ·.are .going to
try to acquire some target in space.
Cooper: It was very distinctive both t1I!1-es.
At this brightness where i~
was on the second .night side af'ter the ejection, both times it was very
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distinctive more than ·the brightness of course, it was the flashingo , On
the third night side it was extreme~ faint but the ·flashing allowed me,to
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pick it up.· I wouldn't have been.able to see it .the third night but
fl.ashing.
Bill .Armstrong:
Do you think that either at the initial acquisition -of the
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.thing ·or ·e,ven toward. the end of the second night phase the 1?rightnessl would "_
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b~ sufficient if you wOUld be • t7:Ying to l~cate a re~de~vous target'l :·