Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546

IN REPLY REFER TO: SM(JRG:com)

Dr. F. Saiedy
U.S. Weather Bureau
National Weather Satellite Center
Suitland, Maryland

Dear Dr. Saiedy:

We are pleased to inform you that the Office of Space Science and Applications has recommended to the Office of Manned Space Flight that the following experiment be flown on the early Gemini series of manned space flights:

Title: Spectrophotography of Clouds

Principal Investigator: Dr. F. Saiedy

Sponsoring Institution: U.S. Weather Bureau
National Weather Satellite Center

Present plans call for ten manned Gemini missions, spaced three months apart, beginning in the last quarter of Calendar Year 1964. Overall responsibility for manned space science investigations is assigned to Mr. Willis B. Foster, Director, Manned Space Science Division, NASA Headquarters. The Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, has been assigned implementation responsibility for the Gemini scientific payload under the direction of Dr. Jocelyn Gill, Chief, In-Flight Sciences, a member of Mr. Foster's staff. Will you please inform Dr. Gill by letter of any co-investigator(s) officially associated with your experiment. Technical coordination for your experiment will be handled by Mr. Roy Stokes, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, telephone number, HU 3-7633.

In accordance with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's policy for the release of data, experimenters are granted a period of time for exclusive use of the data. For Gemini, you are granted a period of six months from the receipt of the data. If this time period is not satisfactory, please get in touch with Dr. Gill to discuss a period which would be mutually agreeable to the NASA and yourself.