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Saturn five quarterly film reports

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number six covers progress during the

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period March April and May 1964

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highlighting Saturn ground test stage

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construction prime contractor for the

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s1c is Boeing aircraft company

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responsible for fabrication and assembly

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of ten of the 14 presently scheduled s1c

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stages the remaining stages are being or

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will be assembled by Marshall using

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Boeing supplied components s1c efforts

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at Marshall this quarter were primarily

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in support of the test fuel tank and the

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static test stage on March 6th the test

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fuel tank was removed from the vertical

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Assembly Building where the forward and

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aft adaptors had been attached that was

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moved to the center's structural test

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area here the tank was placed in the

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test stand and preparations began for

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the structural testing which is

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scheduled in June the first phase of the

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test program will be a full pressure

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hydrostatic test / vibration and burst

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tests will be conducted later Assembly

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of the s1 CT static test stage continued

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to progress during the report period the

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upper half of the fuel tank was moved

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into the vertical Assembly Building in

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early March and hoisted temporarily into

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the hydrostatic tower a week later the

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lower half of the fuel tank was moved

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into the VAB and positioned on the

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rotary turntable in mid-april the upper

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and lower halves of the s1 CT fuel tank

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locks tunnels for the s1 CT fuel tank

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was installed in mid-may the fuel tank

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had been moved to the hydrostatic tower

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for this operation so that the vertical

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assembly buildings rotary turntable

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would be available for

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on the s-1 Satie lot tank completion of

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early next quarter the lower bulkhead

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assembly of the s-1 SAT locks tank was

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completed in late May and moved under

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the rotary turntable where the lower

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intermediate skinned section will be

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welded to it next quarter the LOX tank

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addition of two intermediate skin

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sections welding on the upper bulkhead

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assembly was completed near the end of

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this report period following welding of

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the upper intermediate skin section to

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this assembly the upper and lower halves

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will be mated in the vertical Assembly

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Building next quarter to complete the

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installation of the 16 skin panels on

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the s-1 CT thrust structure has now been

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completed installation of the heat

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component hardware for the s-1 C

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structural test stage is being received

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at Marshall from Boeing and fuel tank

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bulkhead fabrication is underway

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construction of Marshalls s1c static

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test stand continued during the quarter

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completion of initial construction is

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expected by the end of this year a

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full-size mock-up of the s-1 sea stage

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139 feet long and 33 feet in diameter

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has been built by Boeing at Michou the

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size angle and other measurements of

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tubes and wires will be determined from

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the mock-up and the information used in

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production of flight stages bulkhead

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fabrication work for the s1 CD dynamic

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Misha plant fabrication of other s1 C

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components continued during the report

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period at Boeing Michou and Wichita this

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cruciform baffle for example was

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manufactured for installation

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in the lore of UO bulkhead these

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propellant line support structures are

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used to support the LOX tunnels in the

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thrust structure this adapter fitting

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will serve as a terminal fitting for one

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arm of the engine actuator support

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assembly and as the attach point for the

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aviation space and information systems

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division as to manufacturing activities

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progressed steadily during this report

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period the forward liquid hydrogen

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bulkhead for the s2s stage was

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helium leak detection tests were

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performed subsequently the bulkhead was

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cleaned and acid-etched

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then turned over in the turnover fixture

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to apply protective coating to the dome

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transferred to the vertical Assembly

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Building and positioned over liquid

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the bulkhead and cylinder were joined

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together by a circumferential weld in

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common bulkhead all meridian welds on

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the forward facing sheet have been

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completed the dollar section installed

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meridian and dollar section welding was

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also finished on the common bulkhead aft

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facing sheet for the bulkhead test tank

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quarter panels of cylinder number four

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were joined by vertical wells and the

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trimmed vertical welding was also

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propulsion test facility at Santa Susana

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KOCO one test stand is complete and

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installation of systems will be

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next quarter the coca for all systems

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test stand construction effort is also

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complete and the 60 turn capacity hoist

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is operational at the beginning of this

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company's vertical assembly towers at

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Huntington Beach the hydrostatic test

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stage was later moved from its assembly

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building where strain gauges and other

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instrumentation devices were installed

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hydrostatic testing next quarter in

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assembly work on the s4b dynamic test

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stage welding of the locks and liquid

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hydrogen tanks as well as internal

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welding of the forward liquid hydrogen

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be all system stage was processed

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through assembly towers one and two

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where necessary welding was accomplished

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and was installed in the hydrostatic

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tower at Douglas a Sacramento test

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facility satisfactory final inspection a

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facility contractor effort at the Gama

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complex test control center and

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instrumentation center was performed

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instrumentation at beta test stands

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number one is continuing and cold flow

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expected to begin in June at beta test

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scheduled next quarter the stand will be

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used for test programs with the all

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oh one nine a LOX pump explosion

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test stand suffered damage similar to

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that which occurred during the previous

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four in February approximately three

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a result of the April explosion all

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engine system in turboprop testing with

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LOX was halted while a team composed of

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members from Rocketdyne and Marshall

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conducted a thorough investigation of

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testing was resumed May 15th after

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incorporation of recommended changes

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production test stand one D at Edwards

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activation is due in the fall the

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control center at the production test

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was delivered to Marshall by Rocketdyne

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on April first quality lab completed its

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receiving inspection on April 14th and

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preparation overall construction of the

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f1 engine static test standard Marshall

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has reached 80% completion with

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beneficial occupancy due next quarter

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rocky turns first j2 production engine

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was accepted by the Marshall Center this

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quarter the engine was turned over to

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Douglas Aircraft for use in captive

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tests associated with s4b battleship

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a series of engine system static tests

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was conducted during this report period

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to demonstrate full gimble capability as

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well as safety limits malfunction and

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full propellant utilization valve

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operation prior to entering PF RT the

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inches in diameter of the Saturn 5

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instrument unit was under construction

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period to assist engineers improving out

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system the mock-up is now about 50%

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site of Saturn 5 iu engineering and

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check-out work IBM was selected by NASA

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this quarter as lead contractor for

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development and fabrication of the IU

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the first computer and computer tester

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an early development model of the flight

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configuration equipment depicted in this

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artist's drawing was accepted this

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quarter from IBM for use in the IU

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breadboard construction of the Saturn 5

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dynamic test standard Marshall is now

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approximately 80% complete beneficial

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occupancy is scheduled in August at

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equipment test facility depicted in this

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contractor is approximately 85% complete

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with all equipment scheduled for

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delivery by June installation of the

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Technical Systems is scheduled to start

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Mississippi test facility construction

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the test complex including excavation

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railway facilities river channels docks