two milligals. K, on the other hand, you are on a very small ship, 

 without a stable platform, the error could be aji order of magnitude 

 larger. Navigational accuracy also plays an important role in the 

 measurement of gravity. This accuracy is good enough. We are 

 very happy to have anything we can get from a surface ship at sea, 

 now, with this accuracy. We would appreciate more acciiracy be- 

 cause then we could get more information out of the measurements. 



MAJOR GENERAL K. P. McNAUGHTON (Fairchild Camera and 

 Instrument Corporation): What accuracy is required for Polaris 

 launchings? Is this classified? 



CAPTAIN R. D. FUSSELMAN (HO): I think this information is 

 classified. 



MR. ENDEL PEEDO (Electro-Chemical Corporation): Do you 

 anticipate an early need for underwater transmission of broadband 

 radio frequency signals, where a transmission cable with waveguide 

 electrical characteristics may be required? 



MR. J. M. SNODGRASS (SIO): There are some places, for instance, 

 the University of Florida's Marine Laboratory, in which it is im- 

 possible to telemeter the data. They had to resort to a high quality 

 co-axial cable. I do not think this really answers the question. 

 This is cable I do not know too much about. It is obvious there are 

 many places in which broad-bandwidth co-axial cables will be a 

 distinct advantage. 



MR. F. I. OWEN (Texaco, Inc.): When vessels of the Merchant 

 Marine participate in this program, will the ship officers be able 

 to handle the instrumentation and data recording, or will special 

 technicians be aboard? 



CAPTAIN R. D. FUSSELMAN (HO): We have had some experience 

 in the Merchant fleet, recording data on the military sea trajisport 

 ships; we trained young technicians on board, or young sailors 

 if you will. They turned in very good information, using the stan- 

 dard equipments like bathythermographs, and so forth. 



Here again, though, we feel that if instruments ajre not too 

 complicated and too complex, we can get the young men on board 



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