Session 23. Next Generation Space Telescope

Topical Session Oral, Tuesday, June 6, 2000, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, Highland B/J

23.01 The NGST Science and Program Status

J. C. Mather (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

23.02 Microshutter Arrays for the Multi-Object Spectrometer on NGST

S.H. Moseley, C.W. Bowers (NASA/GSFC), R.K. Fettig (Raytheon ITSS/NASA/GSFC), J.P. Gardner, R.A. Kimble, J. Kuhn (NASA/GSFC), A.S. Kutyrev, E.M. Malumuth (Raytheon ITSS/NASA/GSFC), E.E. Mentzell, D.B. Mott, D.S. Schwinger (NASA/GSFC), H.I. Teplitz (NOAO), R.P. Wesenberg, B.E. Woodgate (NASA/GSFC)

23.03 Development of a Two-Dimensional Array of Individually Addressable Micro-Mirrors for NGST Application

S.B. Dutta, D.B. Mott, C.A. Allen, A.J. Ewin, M.D. Jhabvala, C.A. Kotecki (NASA / GSFC, Code 553), J.L. Kuhn (NASA / GSFC, Code 542), J.W. MacKenty (STScI)

23.04 Silicon Micromirrors for the Next Generation Space Telescope

E. J. Garcia, C. A. Nichols (Sandia National Laboratories)

23.05 Enabling Mirror Technologies for Lightweight Deployable Mirrors – Beryllium Semi-rigid Mirror Approach

S.E. Kendrick, T. Reed (Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.), J.B. Hadaway (Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville), J. Keidel (Marshall Space Flight Center)