HWO Meetings
Splinter Session at 243rd American Astronomical Society Conference, January 2024
The Habitable Worlds Observatory splinter session took place on January 10 in New Orleans, LA, during the 2024 winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Conference participants were invited to attend and a virtual link was provided for those who could not be present at the meeting in person.
The START/TAG teams and other staff at the 243rd AAS meeting.
Below are the various talks from the meeting, with the talk titles linked to PDF files containing the slides used, and with the recording labels linked to a recording of the meeting.
| Talk title (Links to slide PDF) | Speaker | Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome & HQ Update | Megan Ansdell (NASA HQ) | 0:00 |
| The Story of Life in the Universe | John O'Meara (Keck Observatories) | 07:35 |
| Introduction to the HWO Working Groups | Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley) & John Ziemer (NASA JPL) | 17:40 |
ROSES Precursor Science Program Lightning Talks
HWO Technology: Roadmap Teams & Industry Studies
| Talk title (Links to slide PDF) | Speaker | Watch |
|---|---|---|
| UltraStable Observatory Roadmap Team: USORT | Lee Feinberg (NASA Goddard) | 1:21:25 |
| Coronagraph Technology Roadmap Working Groups | Nick Siegler (NASA JPL) | 1:28:30 |
| TechMAST: Technology Maturation for Astrophysics Space Telescopes | Alison Nordt (Northrop Grumman) | 1:37:22 |
| ULTRA: Ultrastable Large Telescope Research and Analysis | Tyler McCracken (Ball Aerospace) | 1:44:17 |
| Closing Remarks | Joshua Pepper (NASA HQ) | 2:00:50 |
