Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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it. mc::nns a little more Lorn .... now thai, I th ·nk about it .
Expec •ally n.s yo11 look at i L row and thE: artist has t aken these things
and he ' s p ut them in very clearly on a stark black background--and
you k.now and you say , "Gee ,
sn ' , Lhat artificial looking?"
But that's
not
rLif <..:ial looking .
That ' s the way it
ally doe s look .
The
rnoon ' :~ n
I.her
n a. :1La k hla k. l>··ck.µ;rotmd ( and the other artists
should [pr;1,inL ] J.ik.
U1at . )
I ' cJ like to ask CoJonel White what color
was h.i s (w::1.!,ch) (uL sh )
.T st s ·lvery whiLe ................. I suppose .
. . . . . . . . . . . "Dr . (Acre )"- ­
I take it yo
would not have any trouble findine the sun if you were
to try orienting at som
angle with r espect to this ..... .
You w uldn ' t hav e t o do too much ,·earching if you wanted t o l ine up
with Lhc sun in order to ....•
No
N >. Yo1i can 1~ ne ally tell wh ·re it is by the brightness.
The
.:;rune holds Lr11e wilh ~ln (open lo.nd.ing).
You c1n find it on tt1
way in .
It's easier ·-r you ' ve got an att i tude
rcfercnc
w· Lb iner1.ia1 rcferen e,3 working and you just go up ther e
und swoop ,•t<.:ross Lhe sky and yon cn.n find it .
nut if you ' ve got to
/1; L l ip .•.
You 've: ,~o t Lo v,o find it w·tho11
nny references (out in the spa.ce­
r:raf'L) , I 1;:ucs
j f yo11 g t on the l1orizon an
get all set and then
start. a _pj 1.c11 raL , or somet'n • n{;: _yo11 o..;a,n 00 find it .
ut when you 're
dri f'L i n1 ~ rr·ccly ., u.nd you
on ' L know 11rhich way is down, you simply end
11 p l 001<. i 111-'.
11 p a I. 1.hc :~k.Y and you cl o 1 ' t know how to get
o the local
11 ir.izont..<.1.l--i I. rni (.'.ld. I>(, r · 1-'.llL t.hc r 1• ~n
your _plane here and yo 're