Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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But later on we found that these same two types
of information- -the world map and the small WAC
Chart--were adeque:r.e for other types of targets .
The WAC Chart showed of course the range of
mountains just west of El Paso and the White
Sands and the Rio Grande River.
We came across
Southern California, and I could see the Salton
Sea.
I didn ' t track them, but I looked out the
front and I could see the mountains of New
Mexico and Arizona.
.And I saw a bunch of white
places down below us, any one of which co~ld ~ave
been the White Sands.
If I could have really
picked out the White Sands by themselves, and
unfortunately they were o!'f the WAC Chart •
that I had, I think the contact would have
been good enough for me too pick up El Paso.
As
it was, the only features I had that would have
been of great importance were the river, w'nich
was the Rio Grande River-:-9lld at that point was
not very noteworthy-- and the mountain range , \
which from the altitude of arou..~d 90 miles or
more couldn' t be picked up.
I think that this
type of a topographical or geographical feature ,
like a valley or a mountain,,is not adequate