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This slide shows the engine room. The engine room itself contained 

 pumps, blowers, and filters for maintaining the atmosphere, as well as 

 the major electrical power distribution equipment. This room also 

 contained the toilet facilities. 



You can see the ladder Avhich led to the cupola to serve as an observa- 

 tion post both for marine life tis well as for safety if there were divers 

 in the vicinity of the habitat. 



This slide shows the egress hatch in the center of the picture. Once 

 outside, the crew passed through a grill construction shown there 

 which was known as the shark cage and served protective needs. 



When outside the habitat the crew could be monitored by one of 

 their number from the domed window^s located around the various 

 compartments. These are just sequential shots of one of the crew look- 

 ing out through the domed window. 



For excursions other than to a local area, way stations were provided 

 for safety, rest, or conversation. These way stations had independent 

 air supplies and were connected to each other and the habitat by a 

 sound-powered phone system. 



In general, the design philosophy used throughout was to start 

 with a tried and proven space cabin interior, adapt it for an undersea 

 mission and provide a very high degree of assurance that the crew 

 could operate comfortably and safely for the duration of their stay 

 on the bottom. 



As yet, the engineering data obtained on this program has not been 

 fully analyzed but trends examined thus far lead us to believe that it 

 has been demonstrated that a space habitat and an undersea habitat 

 have a great deal in common particularly as far as the human needs of 

 its crew are concerned, and that a program of the scope of Tektite can 

 be accomplished for a relatively modest sum of money with a worth 

 in data far in excess of its actual cost. 



Thank you, sir. 



Now, Mr. Chairman and members, I would like to introduce the four 

 members of the Interior team that actually inhabited the habitat, if 

 I may say so, and to lead them off, Mr. Richard Waller will now speak. 



STATEMENTS OF RICHARD WALLER, CONRAD MAHNKEN, JOHN 

 VAN DER WALKER, BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; AND 

 DR. EDWARD CLIFTON, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF 

 THE INTERIOR 



Mr. Waller. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, may all of 

 us come up to the table here ? 



Mr. Lennon. Yes, if it is convenient for you, gentlemen. 



Mr. Waller. First of all let me say that I would like to speak for all 

 of us in saying that it is with a great deal of pleasure that we are here 

 today and we thank you for inviting us. Before I go on with a slide 

 presentation, Mr. Chairman, I would like to correct one small state- 

 ment that was made earlier since this is for the record. 



The Interior Department was not simply invited to participate in 

 Tektite, The Department of the Interior Avas actively involved in its 

 conception, planning, and implementation throughout. If I can have 

 the lights now I would like to go ahead with your permission and show 

 a slide presentation. 



