Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics The CAA monitors the status of space- and ground-based astronomy and astrophysics and provides assessments to the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other institutions as a joint committee of the Space Studies Board and the Board on Physics and Astronomy. The overall objective is to encourage progress in astronomy and astrophysics and to assist the federal government in planning programs in these fields. | Astro2010 Decadal Survey Information on the decadal survey in astronomy and astrophysics, Astro2010, can be found in the Astro2010 web pages. The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics will remain dormant leading up to and for the duration of the astronomy and astrophysics 2010 survey. |
Project Information
Past Report-writing Activities - Committee on NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation (2007)
- A Performance Assessment of NASA’s Astrophysics Program (2007)
- Review of the Science Requirements for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (2005)
- The Review of Progress in Astronomy and Astrophysics toward the Decadal Vision (The Mid-Course Review) (2005)
- “Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission (TPF),” letter report (2004)
- "Review of USAF-Supported Astronomical Research" letter report (2004
- “Space Interferometry Mission (SIM),” letter report (2002)
- "Scientific Assessment of the Descoped Mission Concept for the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST)," letter report (2001)
- U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program (2001)
- Federal Funding of Astronomical Research (2000)
- “On Antarctic Astronomy,” letter report (1999)
- "On the National Science Foundation's Facility Instrumentation Program," letter report (1999)
- "On ESA's FIRST and Planck Missions," letter report (1998)
- A New Science Strategy for Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (1997)
- "On the Optimum Phasing for SIRTF", letter report (1996)
- A Strategy for Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy, Panel on Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy (1995
- "On the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)," letter report (1994)
- "On the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) and the Cassini Saturn Probe", letter report (1994)
- "On the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)," letter report (1993)
Related Links Support The committee is pleased to acknowledge support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation. |
