PART II— EXPLANATORY NOTES 



Note 1. Matters on which the proposed Academy committee was 

 encouraged to provide advice include (1) problems arising from the 

 international character of the oceans; (2) disposal of atomic waste; 

 (3) long-range planning for development of oceanic food and mineral 

 resources; (4) planning, coordination, and direction of purely scien- 

 tific investigations, including requirements for added funding for con- 

 duct of research and new facilities (Reference 13, p. 23). 



Note 2. The TENOC report projected growth in Navy research 

 and development funding for oceanography from a S7.6 million base 

 for fiscal year 1959 to $27.8 million in fiscal year 1969. Additionally, 

 expenditures v/ere projected over a 10-year interval of approximately 

 $63 million for buildings, piers, and 18 new ships. An analysis of 

 these proposals is given on page 128 of Reference 7. 



Note 3. Scope of the NASCO study is reflected in titles of the re- 

 ports amplifying proposals (Reference 3). 



Basic research in oceanography during the next 10 years 



Ocean resources 



Oceanographic research for defense applications 



Artificial radioactivity in the marine environment 



New research ships 



Engineering needs for ocean exploration 



Education and manpower 



Oceanwide surveys 



International cooperation 



History of oceanography 



Marine sciences in the United States 

 The Committee's recommendations were intended to strengthen the 

 marine sciences to a level consistent with both national needs and 

 inherent limitations such as the rates at which ships and laboratories 

 can be built and new oceanographers can be trained : 



"1. The U.S. Government should expand its support of the marine 

 sciences at a rate which will result in at least a doubling of basic re- 

 search activity during the next 10 years. 



"2. The increase in support of basic research should be accompanied 

 during the next 10 years by a new program of oceanwide surveys. 

 This will require a twofold expansion of the present surveying effort. 

 "3. The United States should expand considerably its support of 

 the applied marine sciences, particularly in the areas of military de- 

 fense, marine resources and marine radioactivity. 



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