TABLE ES.1 Prioritized Initiatives (Combined Ground and Space) and Estimated Federal Costs for the Decade 2000 to 2010a,b
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Initiative
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Costc ($M)
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Major Initiatives
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Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST)d
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1,000
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Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT)d
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350
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Constellation-X Observatory (Con-X)
|
800
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Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA)d
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140
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Large-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
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170
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Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF)e
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200
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Single Aperture Far Infrared (SAFIR) Observatorye
|
100
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Subtotal for major initiatives
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2,760
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Moderate Initiatives
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Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP)
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50
|
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Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)d
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300
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Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)d
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250
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Advanced Solar Telescope (AST)d
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60
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Square Kilometer Array (SKA) technology development
|
22
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Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
|
300
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Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA)d
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11
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Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope (EXIST)
|
150
|
|
Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)
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35
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Advanced Radio Interferometry between Space and Earth (ARISE)
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350
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Frequency Agile Solar Radio telescope (FASR)
|
26
|
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South Pole Submillimeter-wave Telescope (SPST)
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50
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Subtotal for moderate initiatives
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1,604
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Small Initiatives
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National Virtual Observatory (NVO)
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60
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Other small initiativesf
|
246
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Subtotal for small initiatives
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306
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DECADE TOTAL
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4,670
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aCost estimates for ground-based capital projects include technology development plus funds for operations, new instrumentation, and facility grants for 5 years.
bCost estimates for space-based projects exclude technology development.
cBest available estimated costs to U.S. government agencies in millions of FY2000 dollars and rounded. Full costs are given for all initiatives except TPF and the SAFIR Observatory.
dCost estimate for this initiative assumes significant additional funding to be provided by international or private partner; see Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium: Panel Reports (NRC, 2001) for details.
eThese missions could start at the turn of the decade. The committee attributes $200 million of the $1,700 million total estimated cost of TPF to the current decade and $100 million of the $600 million total estimated cost of the SAFIR Observatory to the current decade.
fSee Chapter 1 for details.
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