Description: Before James A. Webb Space Telescope was built, NASA sponsored a series of studies for what would follow the Hubble Space Telescope. The general concept was to build an astronomical interferometric space telescope (AIST) which would employ multiple mirror segments and have a total collection area equivalent to 8m diameter or more. (JWST is 6.5m.). The factors under consideration were sensitivity, resolution, field of view, flexibility for multiple sensors, delivery difficulty, technology risk, and cost. Of course, in 1984-85 HST had not yet been launched, and the scientific objectives for the next generation were not yet clear. - Proposal dated 9 March 1984 from P-E on The Astronomical Interferometric System Technology Requirements Study P-711 Study Plan & Technical - 2 vols., 102 pp.- Note dated 23 July 1984 from Dietrich Korsch, MSFC on "Considerations on the Formation of the Point Spread Function by Partial Wavefronts", 6 pp.- Memo dated 31 May 1985 by Alan Wissinger, P-E on "Minutes of AISTR Offsite Workshop, May 22, 1985"- Memo dated 31 July 1985 by Pierre Bely, STScI on "A Review of Concepts Proposed for Futurre Optical Telescopes in Space"- Memo dated 12 November 1985 by Alan Wissinger, P-E on "Workshop on Imaging Interferometry in Space, Oct. 28-30, 1985"- Final Report from Lockheed on Astronomical Interferometric System Technology Requirements, ~25 pp.- Conference paper preprint (SPIE 643, 1986) by James Harvey, Alan Wissinger, & Alan Bunner, P-E on "A parametric study of various synhthetic aperture telescope configurations for coherent imaging applications"- Conference paper, undated, by Wesley Traub, CfA on "Laboratory demonstration of image reconstruction for coherent optical system of modular imaging collectors (COSMIC)", 5 pp.- Preprint paper (JOSA 1986) by Francois Roddier, NOAO on "Pupil Plane versus Image Plane in Michelson Stellar Interferometry", 13 pp.- Document [from P-E?] on "Technology Plan", 14 pp.
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Type: Mission documents
Year: 1984-85
Space Program: NASA Program
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