Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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DEARBOR
OBSERVATORY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
BVA STON, lLLINOIS 60201
24 June 1965
Dr. Jocelyn Gill
Chief, Inflight Sciences Branch
Code SM
Manned Space Science Programs
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D. C. 20546
Dear Jocelyn :
In connection with the astronaut debriefing conference ,
my lack of attendance has caused you any embarrassment .
I 'm sorry if
I simply
couldn 't make it on such short notice .
I was at the University of
Wisconsin when the news reached me on Wednesday morning.
Having just
driven for three hours to get there I was reluctant to turn around
and leave lmmediately as would have been required for me to catch a
late afternoon plane to Houston .
I hope that it might be possible for me to attend the next debriefing
in which the astronauts may be discussing either open hatch activities ,
spacecraft stabilization, or operation of the General Purpose Camera.
As you are probably alreaey aware , I have just received an invitation
from Dr. Newell to become a member of the Astronomy Advisory Subcommittee.
I am delighted both for the honor of having been so chosen and also by
the implication that astronomical observations from manned space vehicles
have at last been recognized as worthwhile scientific activities .
I
thank you for your very considerable efforts in backing my original
proposals and in making it possible for this whole situation to develop
so favorably .
Sincerely,
Karl G. Henize
KGH :mjw