Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Or some real technique or type of familiarity
with the target.
I think if you were really
familiar with the area you might pick up
things that we don't pick up now, but we could
with a little more map study and study over
above.
That 's right.
I think t hat the first thing,
though , that you need to help you find the
target is a really contrasting thing.
Now the
next thing is that you've got to be familiar
with the target, as Ed said.
Now if you have
never been there on t he ground and don't know
what it looks like from there, I think what
you need are a few passes over the target to
study it from the air, and look for it from the
air,and try to pinpoint in your mind the local
terrai n features and local contrasting features
that will help lead you to the airfield.
Because, it looks to me like it ' s easiest to find
a target when you're exactly over it .
Boy, you ' re right .
There ' s a point when you
pass over the top where everything really is
clear.
The big thing is either a lot of target study on