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Cooper: No. If I had no prev;ous experience on the light·, I don Vt…
- p. 65 …because you ha~ e ,
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Cooper: I think possibly so~ Of course it's…
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Cooper:. I Just don't have any idea. I kept doubting…
- p. 67 …ghtning
par'tfcularly in that area. .: • '.o:.
Cooper: · Well, · this is .,one possibility· that there was…
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Cooper: The moon was probably 14-al. It was down to about a…
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Cooper: Well, not realq. As I went into both night sides I…
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Cooper: .Almost. Almost as it began to get dark. Of course it gets…
- p. 72 …Probably about 30 degrees G
Cooper: I had a ~-:few comments that I made · on the…
- p. 73 Scientific Debriefing
Cooper: Just once.
Bill Armstrong: Did you do it twice or Just once?
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Cooper: I think so. I think with that brightness~ if you know…
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Cooper: Yeso
Bill: That 1s one of t he main things we wanted…
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Cooper: Those deploy marks worked real well. They were excellent for getting
in…
- p. 77 …Did you make attempts to see it· on the day side'l
Cooper: I sure did…
- p. 78 …Did .you see the ·stars during this• ~'l
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Cooper: Not this particular ··orbit. No I…
- p. 79 …the · center of' the window?
Cooper: Noo More slight¥ to the le:f't of' the…
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Cooper: Maybe as long as a minute. I doubt if it…
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Cooper: Yes, it got dimmer.
Mercer: Cou1d you see _lights of…
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Cooper: ~finite~: The ideal would be a series of lights. A better
combination…
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Cooper: You 're going to have to be right on…
- p. 85 …Is this maneuver an expensive and troublesome· thing to do'l
Cooper: It takes control power…
- p. 86 …worked •very well.
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And the lens opening of 5.6?
'Cooper: ·It was exactly-on ·what…
- p. 87 …aey more information? There was none in the tra.ns9ript.
~ Cooper: What base was this oni…
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( Cooper continued) ·a brown look, Everything predominantly had a. bluish
cast . .All…
- p. 89 Scientific Debriefing
Cooper: I could not see distinct lightning patterns. It ju,st all lit ~•
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Cooper: No. I noticed several large cyclonics. I did not notice any very…
- p. 91 …Was the horizon always ·a sharp line?
Cooper: Yes, day and 'night the hqrizon was sharp…
- p. 92 …Which is darker, the earth
or the 11ttl.e band of sky?
Cooper: When there was…
- p. 93 …Does the earth appear as blue to your eye , ,
as it does in the photos?
Cooper…
- p. 94 …You could see the griton\ the window?
• Cooper : You could see the light actually impinging on…
- p. 95 …More like a patch?
Cooper: Smoother. It was a good sized area. •
Roach: You didn't…
- p. 96 …We are interested in horizon effect after sunset •
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(Cooper draws some more pict~es.)
Cooper: You…
- p. 97 …Did you 'notice this was cone shaped?
Cooper: A little bit cone shaped. J
Roach : Did…
- p. 98 …I
Cooper : Sunset is more of a golden orange.
Dr. Voas : Did you notice any of…
- p. 99 …Then, is there some structure above the blue layer?
Cooper: I never could see pattern structure…
- p. 100 …What are your attitude tolerances •in ASCS?
Cooper: I would say within about 5 l/2…
- p. 101 …was the camera easy to use'l
Cooper: Yes, after I once got it out of…
- p. 102 …Di"d you place it vertically? Where did you place it?
Cooper: I placed it vertically…
- p. 103 …That is all I had. '
Cooper : Did you get anything at all?
Warren : Particul.a.rly…
- p. 104 …Were you listening for it at the time'l
Cooper: Yes, except I had my visor…
- p. 105 …Over the Himalayas, shot number 12, was the green true?
Cooper: Yes, fairly true.
Shepard : I…
- p. 106 …Did you see any distinct shadows from the terrai!n? Mountains?
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t .Cooper: •Yes. You…
- p. 107 …O'Keefe: .Did you see anything that looked like a crater?
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Cooper: No. I sure…
- p. 108 …Did they actually seem
to curve in?
Cooper: If I would be sitting facing this way…
- p. 109 …the smoke?
Cooper :
was bl~
Hanel:
Hanel:
in polar
Cooper:
an airplane.
·clouds
Hanel:
pictures?
Cooper…
- p. 110 …Question: · Did you see any dust storms?
Cooper: At no time· did I note a dust…
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Cooper: No. I think this was purely a feeling of the straps. You're floating…
- p. 112 …Did you see ,Calcutta? I
Cooper: No.
Fisher : Did you see any airports?
Cooper : Ye~, I…
- p. 113 …Could you hear better?
Cooper : No. \
Dr. voas: Did you at any time hear an unusual…
- p. 183 …it should have been
(capped) ooo Gordon Cooper knows this and will have a cap on…
- p. 184 …Schirra - Cooper will have this very same type of li ght meter.
Nordberg - You know why…
- p. 196 …Schirra = I feel at this point, for example, in Cooper 0 s flight , what
we are…
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had not completely set; !')11-sure 1'113' ·retro pack .area was in the eunligh~• -,. , .
I'm sure that is what I saw glowing,--was the sun reflecting ·off'
of it.. '
. AJ.though I had, not seen it tram·previous viewing OD tbe day side or the
night _si~eo
McKee: When you didn't see it OD the first night side, did ~ou have any
personal feeling that the light' wasn't ~hing? Did you correct your
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Cooper:. I Just don't have any idea. I kept doubting Jey"Sel~~ • This was
the first time of course that I had ever tried aligning to small end forward, . •. . .·,.'.,
a180° yaw -as weJ.call it and of course aligning on the night sideo I begaxi, I
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'to doubt that I was aligned properly, I went to the star charts and rechecked
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night I was aligned exactly ·on and in using the horizon .line J~t about 1n : ,,: • • ,
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.the middle of the window even moving up and down almost ,.invariably•..
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don't have any idea why I didn't see it.
Bill .Armstrong: You .did change your ·attitudes? ·That was one of·the th
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I wanted to Knowo• I?o you remember at the beginning of t~e night phase,
. you first start looking : low and then toward th~.'·eni· •• ~ o/ -did·. • '
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ust sort of scan the area or vb&:/