Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System (2015) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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was under construction; the McCray report recommended as its first priority the development of unique capabilities, with increased OIR funding to 1 National Research Council (NRC) , 1995, A Strategy for Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
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Following the Portfolio Review Committee recommendations,2 the KPNO Mayall 4-meter is facing divestiture by the National Science Foundation (NSF) , but planning is under way for operations to be transferred to the Department of Energy for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
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Even with divestiture, the success rate of research proposals both for techni cal development and for science is likely to stay quite low by historical standards. Furthermore, neither the presidential budget request nor congressional appropria tions provide enough funding to carry out many of the highest priorities of the NRC's decadal surveys in astronomy and astrophysics.
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public and private telescopes and instruments, summarizes the volume of research output based on their data, gives an overview of archives, and discusses training and the need for continued expertise in several key areas. Chapter 4 reviews the compelling science needs in terms of instrumentation and technology development as LSST and the giant telescopes come online, while Chapter 5 focuses on additional needs to enhance science from LSST data.
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