TOTAL 



231 



1,279 



GRAND TOTAL 



1,510 



While this Man-in-the-Ocean corps of the Navy does place requirements 

 on the Military Oceanographic community, and is, therefore, a customer of 

 that community, these underwater men must also be considered to be part- 

 ners in the business of Military Oceanography. This partnership is 

 particularly evident in the logistic and service mission. On the other 

 hand, in the defensive and offensive missions, the Men-in-the-Ocean are 

 chiefly customers to the techniques and accumulated data of Military 

 Oceanography. 



One further analogy must be drawn between the Navy unde2rwater corps 

 and Naval Aviation. That is to point out that our Man-in- the-Sea Program 

 is to us , what the Space Program -- "Man-on- the-Moon" Program -- was at 

 its outset to the aviation people. Now whether or not the Man- in- the -Sea 

 Program evolves into a NASA-like Ocean Sciences Office remains to be seen. 

 Whether it does or not the comment of the eminent British biologist and 

 entomologist, Sir Julian Huxley, is pertinent. He was the principal 

 speaker at the lOOth Anniversary celebration of Harvard's Agassiz Museum 

 of Natural Science. It was in 1959, shortly after SPUTNIK. It was the 

 period of awakening and intense and excited interest in space. After 

 giving due attention to space and to the possible interest of biologists, 

 entomologists, and the like in what might be fo\ind on the moon, Sir Julian 

 veiy tersely got back to earth by saying -- British accent, portly pro- 

 fessor, pince-nez glasses and all -- 



"...and frankly, I should much rather see the sea's bottom 

 than the moon ' s behind . " 



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