Oct 22 1964
From The Space Library
AEC detonated five-kiloton nuclear device 2,700 ft. underground in the Tatum Salt Dome, in southern Mississippi. Called Project Salmon, the test was designed to evaluate performance of seismographic equipment in detecting underground nuclear explosions. Officials estimated the blast created 120-ft.-diameter cavity in the salt dome. (AP, N.Y . Her. Trib., 10/23/64)
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said in news conference: ". . . I do not anticipate any significant increase in the Defense budget for the next fiscal year as a result of last week's events. In fact . . . , I feel quite confident that the budget will decline as a percentage of the gross national product, while supporting what is recognized as the strongest military force in the world.. . (DOD Release 765-64)
John L. Sloop, Assistant Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology, NASA, said in lecture to Santa Clara County Science Teachers, at NASA Ames Research Center: "On the momentous day of the first flight to the moon's surface, the three astronauts will be using the results of almost a decade of concentrated effort which include knowledge, skills, and equipment of 30,000 people in ten NASA Centers and over a quarter of a million people in more than 5,000 companies. They will have flight experience in space 100 times longer than the total time logged in Mercury. They will have the knowledge gained by dozens of unmanned satellites that have probed space about the moon and beyond. They will have the result of Ranger photographs of the lunar surface plus more detailed surveys made by lunar orbiting and the Surveyor lunar lander. . . ." (Text, NASA R&SC Div.)
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