Sentences with phrase «decadal survey report»

Last year, the U.S. astronomy community's decadal survey report recommended that the United States take a «leading role» in any U.S. - Europe joint dark energy mission.

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The NAS Decadal Survey board recently produced a midterm assessment report, which provided NASA with recommendations for upcoming missions, including WFIRST, based on the adjusted budget and schedule for JWST.

Last March the National Research Council released a 400 - page report called the Planetary Decadal Survey, which recommended 25 possible missions for NASA between 2013 and 2022.

The report assesses advances made since the US's 2010 decadal survey, a wish list that the astronomical community releases every 10 years to identify research priorities.

The report follows up on the 2010 decadal survey, a wish list from the astronomical community released every 10 years to identify the top research priorities.

As the Academies notes in their recent decadal survey,» [t] he search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting subjects in all of astronomy...» The report went on to recommend «a program to explore the diversity and properties of planetary systems around other stars, and to prepare for the long - term goal of discovering and investigating nearby, habitable planets.»

The year is important, because in 2020 the astronomical community will issue a major report, the Decadal Survey.

The scientific opportunities provide a compelling case for optimizing and advancing the country's system of observatories, even if the National Science Foundation's Astronomical Sciences Division (NSF / AST) does not yet have the resources to implement all of the report's key recommendations without severely impacting program balance — the long - standing priority of the NRC's decadal surveys.

The AAS further endorses the report's key recommendations on optimizing instrumentation for, and offering broad access to, the full suite of public and private telescopes; on developing the capacity to further investigate Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) discoveries; on identifying the facilities needed to realize other decadal survey priorities; and on continuing technology development and astronomer training needed for the fSurvey Telescope (LSST) discoveries; on identifying the facilities needed to realize other decadal survey priorities; and on continuing technology development and astronomer training needed for the fsurvey priorities; and on continuing technology development and astronomer training needed for the future.

A prominent theme in today's report is a reminder that the fundamental tenet of the NWNH Decadal Survey is to maintain balance in NASA's astrophysics portfolio among large programs like WFIRST, smaller programs in the Explorer series, and the associated Research and Analysis (R&A) program «If implementing WFIRST / AFTA compromises the program balance then it is inconsistent with the rationale that led to the high priority ranking,» the Harrison committee warned.

A Wide Field Infra - Red Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was the top large space priority in the report of the ASTRO2010 Decadal Survey «New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics».

The report's committee suggested that IXO could represent a promising top candidate for the next Decadal Survey, but only if the cost for NASA came down below $ 2 billion.

While the plans are still in their infancy, Stern and his team are hopeful that they can get their concept together in time for the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey, a massive report prepared for NASA and Congress by the planetary science community, which helps to set the space agency's priorities for solar system exploration.