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In the area of high altitude detection, the W-Division work which has been
going on for many months has developed an open window photomultiplier detector
which is to be placed aboard Discoverer missiles in October and December of 1962.
These flights "should be useful in determining the radiation background which a
$urverHance satellite
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will
encounter in space."
The section on testing indicates that Fisher caused considerable equipment loss
due to its yield and cratering effects.
Three amplifiers and a power supply were
completely destroyed and the zero rack and Perkins supply suffered lesser damages.
Also, due to the high pressures experienced, the pressure transducer measurements
on Fisher were of no value since the ranges chosen were too low.
"The Bourdon
pressure gauges yielded interesting informaiton although pressures developed
were higher than gage ranges (greater than 300 PSI)."
Thus far there has been no real mention of any possibilities for testing other
than the NTS with the exception of the outfitting of the C-130 aircraft.
Documentation in early December of 1961 indicates that Sandia is requesting 72M-5
Rocket Motors from the Army Guided Missle Agency (ARGMA) and is to fill the reaa
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quirement for diagnostic rockets See the 3 AEC Laboratories,
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to be launched by Sandia,
and requesting delivery by Feb 1, 1962.
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Here are two letters from Harold
Brown to Seaborg dated 1 Dec. on
slightly
differ ent subjj ects.
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The firs
i t covers the Proper procedures
for inclusion of effects
tests and Brown mentions
i
the " "confusi
i on caused at our recent meeting (of
the NSC sub-—
committee) by the sudden injectio
n of a high altitude effects shot
sponsored
LASL
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With
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this
i
somewhat misu
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nderstood posii tion as a basis,
Brown goes on to
discuss the problems with the grey
area
in
responsibility
between the DOD
and the AEC and the surface neut
ron effects tests which has also
come into the