System Roadmap Survey Launched

What observational resources will you need for your research in the years ahead? Help us plan for the future by responding to the survey launched by the US Ground-based OIR System Roadmap Committee. The committee, formed by NOAO, is charged with assessing the state of the ground-based OIR system of observing facilities (i.e., both federal and non-federal facilities).

The System Roadmap Survey will be used to understand how the community intends to use existing facilities to carry out the science described in the Astro2010 Decadal Survey report (“New Worlds New Horizons”, chapter 2) and to identify the needed observing resources that are in high demand or are currently missing from the System. The System Roadmap Committee will use the survey results as input to a white paper on the status of the US ground-based OIR System that will be forwarded to the NSF/AST Portfolio Review Committee.

Help us make the case for the facilities and capabilities that you will need! Responses are requested by Friday, December 2.