a feasibility study to a functioning oceanographic 

 instrumentation system. 



(b) It treats a system whose large-scale, taut-cable 

 hydro -structure is similar to the Sea Spider and 

 other systems which provide a very stable base 

 for oceanographic mid-ocean sensors. 



The Oceanic Telescope Program has been sponsored by the 

 Office of Naval Research, Ocean Science and Technology Divi- 

 sion. The Departments of Geology & Geophysics*, Meteorology*, 

 Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, and the Instrumen- 

 tation Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 have collaborated in this experiment which, it is hoped, will 

 contribute to the science of physical oceanography and the 

 technology of ocean engineering. 



* Now Dept. of Earth & Planetary Physics 



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