heel on ▁started ▁internal izing ▁the ▁process ▁and ▁built ▁up ▁a ▁much ▁larger ▁department . ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁he ▁suggested ▁forming ▁the ▁" S at ellite ▁Phot ography ▁Working ▁Group " ▁to ▁study ▁their ▁current ▁efforts ▁and ▁suggest ▁improvements . ▁Under ▁the ▁new ▁agre ements , ▁the ▁N RO ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁supply ▁fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁effort , ▁and ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁November ▁they ▁agreed . ▁In ▁a ▁following ▁experiment ▁the ▁team ▁attempted ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁optimal ▁resolution ▁for ▁satellite ▁phot ography , ▁de grad ing ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁high - quality ▁photograph s ▁in ▁stages ▁to ▁see ▁how ▁much ▁information ▁could ▁be ▁pulled ▁from ▁them ▁at ▁different ▁levels ▁of ▁detail . ▁The ▁results ▁strongly ▁suggested ▁building ▁a ▁new ▁satellite ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 - foot ▁resolution , ▁something ▁what ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁be ▁done ▁by ▁impro ving ▁the ▁existing ▁C OR ON A ▁system , ▁which ▁offered ▁ 1 0 – 2 5 ▁foot ▁resolution . ▁The ▁N RO ▁decl ined ▁to ▁offer ▁fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁satellite , ▁however , ▁so ▁W heel on ▁arranged ▁fund ing ▁from ▁its ▁own ▁budget ▁and ▁started ▁the ▁" F UL CR UM " ▁effort . ▁ ▁When ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁F UL CR UM ▁efforts ▁later ▁found ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁N RO , ▁a ▁major ▁fight ▁broke ▁out ▁that ▁eventually ▁land ed ▁on ▁the ▁des k ▁of ▁Robert ▁Mc N am ara . ▁N RO ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁coordin ating ▁development