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what not, and bearing in mind as much as we can imagine of the operational
aspect of this thing, too,
I think that the five day frequency under some
circumstances is probably a little tight, operationally, not weather-wise
perhaps, but ve will jast assume that the weather is all right, and not
worry about that, someone else is doing that.
But now there is a forty hour
haul for an LSD from the assembly building on Enivetok.
We can cut that
Gown if we want to spend the money to put in an assembly installation at
Bikini.
But I think ve cut the time perbape from forty hours down to thirty
hours. Alright, that's something, but against that is, vhat, $200,000 to
put ir an assembly installation at Bikini?
Is that worth it?
Forty hours is a good time under normal circumstances.
I don't know.
There are times when
the trades ere pretty brisk, and this might be worth the forty hours haul up
there, you would be going up wind all the way, what do we know about that?
Well, we don't know such about it. but maybe Dan, in their weather study will
be able to make some estimates on the state of the sea.
is probably feeding a barge through the channel.
The unknown subject
If it has to be timed with
high slack water, then there must be some average delay resulting from that.
I don't know wheat it is.
Maybe there is, maybe there isn't, but it's probably
under Simpson's consideration.
The mooring of the barge is something we
understand fairly well for the areas we have used.
We can make pretty good
estimates.
What the situation will be at Taongi, we are just going to have
to guess.
Under the conditions proposed for testing, it's pretty clear that
you do not require high precision in the moorings.
I don't know how much it is.
This saves you something,
If you are trying to moor in a crater which is
breached through to the open sea, the state of the water in there is probably
not quite so pleasant as it is in the sheltered Fox-George region.
Despite .
the fact that you don't need precision, it may be a little bit harder to put
down successful moorings that will hold the barge moderetely well.
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