Session 23. Future Space Missions

Poster, Monday, January 9, 2006, 9:20am-7:00pm, Exhibit Hall

23.01 Large Optics and In-Space Capabilities: Meeting Astronomical Needs

D. F. Lester (University of Texas), D. Ebbets (Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp.), J. Green (University of Colorado), C. Lillie (Northrop Grumman Corp.), R. V. Moe (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

23.02 The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT): A Unique Mission for Exploring the Universe

S. A. Rinehart (NASA GSFC), SPIRIT Origins Probe Mission Study Team

23.03 Mitigating the Impact of Large Intrapixel Quantum Efficiency Variations on Precision Stellar Photometry and Astrometry

K. J. Mighell (NOAO)

23.04 Tests of LEDs as Calibrated Irradiance Standards for the SNAP Mission

S.R. Kaeppler (UW-Madison / Indiana Univeristy), SNAP Collaboration

23.05 Direct Exo-planet Studies with the New Worlds Observer

W. Cash (University of Colorado), J. Arenberg (Northrop-Grumman), E. Schindhelm (University of Colorado), New Worlds Observer Team

23.06 The Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (MAPS) mission

B. Dorland, N. Zacharias, R. Gaume, K. Johnston, G. Hennessy (USNO), V. Makarov (Caltech), C. Rollins (RSI)

23.07 SI - The Stellar Imager: Results from the Vision Mission Study

K. G. Carpenter (NASA-GSFC), C. J. Schrijver (LMATC), M. Karovska (SAO), SI Vision Mission Study Team

23.08 Space-based Radio Imaging at Frequencies below the Ionospheric Cutoff with SIRA

R. J. MacDowall, N. Gopalswamy, M. L. Kaiser, L. D. Demaio (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), S. D. Bale (U. California-Berkeley), R. E. Howard (Orbital Sciences Corp.), D. L. Jones (Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J. C. Kasper (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), M. J. Reiner (Catholic University of America), K. W. Weiler (Naval Research Laboratory)

23.09 The Baryonic Structure Probe: An Origins Probe to Characterize the Cosmic Web

K.R. Sembach (STScI), R. Cen (Princeton), R. Dave (U. Arizona), T. Cook (Boston U.), M. Donahue (Michigan St.), D.C. Ebbets (Ball Aerospace & Tech. Corp.), J.C. Green (U. Colorado), E.B. Jenkins (Princeton), W.R. Oegerle (NASA/GSFC), J.P. Ostriker (Princeton), J.X. Prochaska (U.C. Santa Cruz), B.D. Savage (U. Wisconsin), J.M. Shull (U. Colorado), H.P. Stahl (NASA/MSFC), T.M. Tripp (U. Massachusetts), B. D. Oppenheimer (U. Arizona), S.R. Furlanetto (Caltech), T. Fang (U.C. Berkeley)

23.10 Architecture Concept for a 10m Class Space Telescope

D.C. Ebbets, J. DeCino (Ball Aerospace), J. Green (University of Colorado)

23.11 The Pre-flight Performance of the Herschel-Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI)

Th. de Graauw, N.D. Whyborn, P. Dieleman, W. Jellema (SRON-Groningen), J. Kooi (CalTech, Pasadena), W. Luinge (SRON-Groningen), T. Marston (ESAC, Villafranca), T. Peacocke (NUI, Maynooth), D. Teyssier (SRON-Groningen and ESAC)