Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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Scientific Debriefing
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Cooper:
I think so.
I think with that brightness~ if you know approximately
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where to look for the thing and with _it flashing, you certa~
ought to be
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able to find it pretty· readily.
Day: , Do you think similar experiments should be carried on ·or is this
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Cooper:
I think this prob~bly shows us 'What we:- really want to seeo
I think
ther e is going to be problem like there is in .aircraft a
As YO:U move
to it you are going to have to have something that gives a little bit more
capability to obtain distance f'rom it at the time; su~ as perhapa,-two lights ,
that you cou.l~ raµge on; like naVigation lights on aircra:t'to
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QuestiQn:
Were internal lights .on in the night observations?
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Cooper:
On most night aides I had all the lights down complet.ely and used
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just the glove lights to read,critical items.
Bill Armstrong:
On ·t;he third night phase you say you had to do a good bit ,,
of' searching. ; Were you searching the entire third night, and when did you
fir-st see it'l
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·cooper: Slightly past the middle of the night.
I think that on the third
~ight side the· brightness was such that it was sheer accident that I found
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If_)rou Just happen to pass it' in t~e scan pattern you might _see it flashing,
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:tt would, however,· be very easy to miss. .. •
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