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jectives was to determine liow well humans can perform while they 

 live in this environment. 



After this effort, the last effort, Sealab II, psychologists from NASA 

 and the Navy were discussing the results of these programs and won- 

 dered if the data obtained on small groups of men under sea could not 

 be related to the crew performance problems for long manned space 

 flights. 



Simultaneously the Navy, we in the Office of Naval Eesearch and 

 others, were interested in further exploration of this technique of man 

 living under the sea and how well he could perform his work, looking 

 at both scientific and engineering problems. 



Scientists in the Departdiient of the Interior, as Secretary Train has 

 said, were interested in looking at this technology. 



The General Electric Co., Missiles and Space Division, evidenced an 

 interest in entering the field of oceanography. These interests all 

 melded, got together, and the result is Project Tektite. 



If I may, we have some slides which I w^ould like to show, giving a 

 quick overview of the program. 



The essence of Tektite was to have four scientists live for 60 days 

 under saturation conditions on the ocean floor at about 50 feet in the 

 Island of St. John, and about a year ago we selected a schedule date of 

 February 15 through April 15, 1969. 



The mission as it was derived from the goals of all agencies obtained 

 behavioral data and crew performance as a function of time for an 

 isolated team of men living in a hostile environment doing a real task 

 in which they were interested, to see if the scientists could extrapolate 

 to space missions. 



Further exploration of saturation diving, underwater construction 

 experience, the collection of ocean science data itself, collect physio- 

 logical and human engineering data on the men while they were living 

 down below, and to test ocean engineering technology. 



The Navy acted as the lead organization providing overall program 

 management, logistic support, technical support, and partial funding. 



NASA provided technical support primarily related to the experi- 

 mental psychology aspects, partial funding. 



Department of the Interior provided the scientists-divers who have 

 been introduced to you and the equipment necessary for their conduct 

 of the ocean science and of course the Park Service provided the site. 



The 'General Electric Co. provided the ocean floor habitat, assisted 

 with planning and execution of the program and the observation 

 measurements and is currently analyzing much of the data. 



In addition to the groups listed, the U.S. Coast Guard as a part of 

 their national water safety program joined us providing divers and 

 other assistance. 



The organization of the actual operation was under a normal Navy 

 organization to insure medical safety, to insure adequate logistic sup- 

 port and mission performance. 



Money. Everyone always wants to know. In real money, direct costs, 

 including contract costs, amounted to $874,000 distributed as shown 

 between Navy, NASA, and Interior. Indirect costs shown on the right 

 include such things as military salaries, backup requirements, the 

 equipment, et cetera, and in the case of General Electric this is our 

 estimate of their cost in actually providing the habitat from their own 

 money. 



