Linking strategic astrophysics missions, technology gaps, and technology maturation investments

Opher Ganel; Pin Chen; Brendan Crill; Jason Derleth; Omid Noroozian; Mario Perez; Rachel Rivera; Nicholas Siegler

doi:10.1117/12.3018403

26 August 2024 Linking strategic astrophysics missions, technology gaps, and technology maturation investments

Opher Ganel, Pin Chen, Brendan Crill, Jason Derleth, Omid Noroozian, Mario Perez, Rachel Rivera, Nicholas Siegler

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Proceedings Volume 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI; 131002Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018403
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Astrophysics Division (APD) funds the development of cutting-edge technologies through multiple programs to enable its strategic missions to achieve ambitious and groundbreaking science goals. These technology development efforts are managed by the Cosmic Origins (COR), Exoplanet Exploration (ExE), and Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) programs. The 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, “Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s” [1] (Astro2020), recommended a pan-chromatic set of missions, including three Great Observatories (GOs) and three Probe-class missions that could collect unprecedented data over the coming decades. We show the correlation between these strategic missions and the current astrophysics technology gaps, as well as recent and current technology maturation projects funded to help close these technology gaps. We also cover how these investments advanced their Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) [2] and where they have been infused into missions and projects.

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Opher Ganel, Pin Chen, Brendan Crill, Jason Derleth, Omid Noroozian, Mario Perez, Rachel Rivera, and Nicholas Siegler "Linking strategic astrophysics missions, technology gaps, and technology maturation investments", Proc. SPIE 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI, 131002Z (26 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018403

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