Evaluation of the implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the context of new worlds, new horizons in astronomy and astrophysics /

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Corporate author / creator:National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on an Assessment of the Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) Mission Concepts, author.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (xii, 58 pages) : color illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230284
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Other authors / contributors:Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (U.S.). Space Science Board, sponsoring body.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Physics and Astronomy, sponsoring body.
National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, sponsoring body.
ISBN:9780309301305
0309301300
9780309301299
0309301297
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Summary:"Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics" assesses whether the proposed Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) design reference mission described in the April 30, 2013 report of the AFTA Science Definition Team (SDT), WFIRST-2.4, is responsive to the overall strategy to pursue the science objectives of "New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics," and in particular, the survey's top ranked, large-scale, space-based priority: the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). This report considers the versions of WFIRST-2.4 with and without the coronagraph, as described in the AFTA SDT report. The report compares the WFIRST mission described in "New Worlds, New Horizons" to the AFTA SDT WFIRST-2.4 design reference mission, with and without the coronagraph, on the basis of their science objectives, technical complexity, and programmatic rationale, including projected cost. This report gives an overview of relevant scientific, technical, and programmatic changes that have occurred since the release of "New Worlds, New Horizons," and assesses the responsiveness of the WFIRST mission to the science and technology objectives of the "New Worlds" report.
Other form:Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on an Assessment of the Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) Mission Concepts. Evaluation of the implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the context of new worlds, new horizons in astronomy and astrophysics. Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014] 9780309301299