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193 feet, and ability to perform useful work. Four men lived for 

 eleven days on the ocean floor, performed assigned tasks, and 

 were successfully brought to the surface. No ill effects were 

 encountered. 



In 1965, a much more complex experiment was conducted in 

 205 feet of water near La Jolla, California. Here three teams 

 of ten men each lived on the ocean floor for two weeks per team. 

 A comprehensive program of physiological and psychological 

 measurements was carried out. Ocean-floor experiments in 

 physical oceanography, biology, salvage, and mining were 

 performed, and provided a mechanism for human-performance 

 measurements. 



These experiments were outstandingly successful, and have 

 provided a basis for continued work, both in research and en- 

 gineering, to make saturation diving an everyday work tool for 

 Navy and commercial divers. They have engendered more than a 

 dozen saturation-diving systems in the United States, most of 

 which are currently being commercially employed. 



