Potential paths in space astronomy over the next 50 years

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4835, Issue , 2002, Pages 98-109

  Kilston, Steven ^a   Bally, John ^b  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Future; Observatories; Origins; Space; TPF

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; OBSERVATORIES; X RAYS;

SPACE MISSIONS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038755065     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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