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G.J. Fishman (NASA-MSFC)
A framework will be described for the planning of a Next Generation Burst Observatory. This Observatory, using Swift as a pathfinder mission, would study early star formation and early galaxy formation at very high redshifts through observations of thousands of GRBs, their afterglows and environments. Many of the observational features, the technology and the instrumentation of this mission are common with, but expanded from, the EXIST mission. It is suggested that the international GRB community should begin some initial studies for such an observatory.