Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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McDivitt
White
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Yes.
Geographical.
We could see wakes of
ships.
We could see roads.
We could see towns.
Although I never saw any individual houses, I
could see an industrial area with what looked
like oil tanks and a few other things.
We could
see canals very well.
We could see the Suez
canal very well from the air.
I don't think I
ever saw an individual ship.
I never saw any
individual cars or airplanes, but you could see
runways very well.
But the thing that you could
see best of all were long lines.
I'm sure that
if you had a road that was 50 f eet wide, or
however wide you make roads, and it was long,
you could see it.
Whereas, if you had the same
thing and it was just a square down there,I
doubt very seriously that you could see it unless
you were looking for it,specifically.
I think perhaps also there is the contrast between
the colors .
The things that I saw with very high
clarity were runways.
As you looked d~un at the
runways you caught a high contrast between the
green or the brown, or whatever the color that
it was laid out in.
You could see it very
clearly.
I was impressed by how clear you could