New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2010) / Chapter Skim
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D Mid-Scale Project Descriptions This survey received 29 proposals that would be eligible for competition, with an aggregate construction or fabrication cost of roughly $1.2 billion. The Program Prioritization Panels recommended a subset of these very highly, at a rough total cost of $400 million.
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to detect very low frequency gravitational waves using upgraded capabilities of the existing Arecibo and Robert Byrd radio tele scopes. The pulsar timing should also be able to detect the formation and colli sion of massive black holes with signals at periods of months to several years.
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The next generation of such systems deployed on the existing 8- to 10-meter telescopes will offer major improvements in the quality and wavelength coverage of the images, and in the fraction of the sky accessible to adaptive optics. Next-Generation Instruments for Solar Telescopes.
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