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Suggested Citation:"B--Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18712.
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Meeting Agenda

PUBLIC AGENDA
JANUARY 12-14, 2014
KECK CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C.

January 12, 2014

Closed Session (8:30-10:30 a.m.)
Open Session
10:45 a.m. Overview of WFIRST/AFTA Configurations and Comparison to NWNH WFIRST
Neil Gehrels, AFTA Study Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
11:10 Comparison of the NWNH WFIRST and WFIRST/AFTA Science Goals
Neil Gehrels, AFTA Study Scientist, NASA GSFC, and David Spergel, Princeton University
12:00 p.m. Working Lunch
Suggested Citation:"B--Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18712.
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1:00 WFIRST/AFTA, the Dark Energy Task Force, and Euclid
David Spergel, Princeton University
2:00 Addition of a Coronagraph and Its Impact on the Mission
Jeremy Kasdin, Princeton University
Closed Session (3:30-8:00 p.m.)

January 13, 2014

Open Session (WebEx URL access to telecon via WebEx)
8:30 a.m. Context, Background and Rationale for the Study
Paul Hertz, Director, NASA Astrophysics Division
9:15 NASA Science Mission Directorate Perspective
John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate
9:35 Technical and Cost Comparison of NWNH WFIRST to WFIRST/AFTA (with and without a coronagraph)
Kevin Grady, AFTA Study Manager, NASA GSFC
10:50 Aerospace Corp. Analysis of WFIRST/AFTA Costs and Key Mission Risks
Robert Kellogg and Randy Persinger (by phone), Aerospace Corporation
11:30 WFIRST/AFTA Technology Readiness
Kevin Grady, AFTA Study Manager, NASA GSFC
12:00 p.m. Working Lunch
12:45 Implementation of a Coronagraph and Relation to the NWNH New Worlds Technology Development Goals
John Trauger, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Marc Kuchner, NASA GSFC
Suggested Citation:"B--Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18712.
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Closed Session (1:45-3:45 p.m.)
Open Session
3:45 Committee Follow-up Q&A with All Speakers
4:50 Public Comments
5:00 Adjourn

January 14, 2014

Closed Session (8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)

Suggested Citation:"B--Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18712.
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Suggested Citation:"B--Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18712.
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Suggested Citation:"B--Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18712.
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Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics assesses whether the proposed Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) design reference mission described in the April 30, 2013 report of the AFTA Science Definition Team (SDT), WFIRST-2.4, is responsive to the overall strategy to pursue the science objectives of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, and in particular, the survey's top ranked, large-scale, space-based priority: the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). This report considers the versions of WFIRST-2.4 with and without the coronagraph, as described in the AFTA SDT report. The report compares the WFIRST mission described in New Worlds, New Horizons to the AFTA SDT WFIRST-2.4 design reference mission, with and without the coronagraph, on the basis of their science objectives, technical complexity, and programmatic rationale, including projected cost. This report gives an overview of relevant scientific, technical, and programmatic changes that have occurred since the release of New Worlds, New Horizons, and assesses the responsiveness of the WFIRST mission to the science and technology objectives of the New Worlds report.

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