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Two groups will guide the GOMAP activities for HWO: a Science, Technology, Architecture Review Team (START) and a Technical Assessment Group (TAG).
GOMAP will focus on several key early activities to ensure future flagship telescopes, starting with HWO, are developed on a predictable cost and schedule while minimizing risks of overruns. GOMAP’s coordinated activities will ensure the scope of HWO is clearly defined, will advance the technologies that will enable HWO to deliver its revolutionary science, and plan additional steps for long-term preparation.
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Two Guiding Teams
Two groups will guide the GOMAP activities for HWO: a Science, Technology, Architecture Review Team (START) and a Technical Assessment Group (TAG). Each will liaise with the broader science, technology, and engineering community to help establish the concept’s fundamental science goals and explore how best to pursue them. NASA had solicited self-nominations for the START (nominations were accepted until June 5, 2023).
The START will quantify HWO’s science objectives based on the Decadal Survey’s guidance and outline the observatory and instrument capabilities needed to accomplish them. The START co-chairs are:
- Courtney Dressing, University of California, Berkeley
- John O’Meara, W. M. Keck Observatory
The TAG will identify and assess mission architecture options and aerospace landscape opportunities that may change the approach to HWO’s development, and assess the risks associated with each option and approach. The TAG co-chairs are:
- Bertrand Mennesson, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Aki Roberge, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
- Lee Feinberg, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
- John Ziemer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The full list of START and TAG members is available here.
Working Groups
The START and TAG are setting up Working Groups and Subgroups to conduct their work. The list of Working Groups is continuing to grow and evolve, but the current version is available online.
Members of the scientific community may volunteer to join a working group by filling out this form. Note that participation in some TAG-associated Working Groups is limited to U.S. citizens and green card holders.