Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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as operati onal experimental data?
Lovell
No.
Borman
We al ready mentioned the fact about the air glow changing
with the Moon.
Oh, I tell you one thing that is significant
and we looked for it time and time again.
This was the com­
plete inability to observe stars in daylight.
Lovell
Oh, yes.
Borman
I hope we put that one to bed, because we tried and tried
and tried.
We strained, we squinted, we l ooked at all
angles.
Lovell
Looked at all the angles.
Borman
Looked at al l the angles, and we were never once abl e to
observe a star in daytime.
Now you can observe just at
sunrise and just at sunset, but never in the daytime.
Lovell
When that sun comes up those stars go.
Borman
That is right. And you get a black horizon--I mean a black
sky above a blue horizon.
I do not know what the reason for
this is, but I will vouch for the fact that you can't see
it.
Lovell
Right.