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TABLE ES.2 Ground: Recommended Activities—Medium Scale<br />
Recommendation b<br />
Science<br />
Technical<br />
Risk c<br />
Appraisal <strong>of</strong> Costs<br />
Through Construction a<br />
(U.S. Federal Share<br />
2012-2021)<br />
Appraisal <strong>of</strong><br />
Federal Share <strong>of</strong><br />
Annual<br />
Operations<br />
Costs d<br />
Page<br />
Reference<br />
CCAT<br />
- Science early 2020s<br />
- University-led, 33%<br />
federal share<br />
Submilimeter surveys<br />
enabling broad<br />
extragalactic,<br />
galactic, and outersolar-system<br />
science<br />
Medium $140M<br />
($37M)<br />
$7.5M 7-37<br />
a <strong>The</strong> survey’s construction-cost appraisal for CCAT is based on CATE analysis and project input, in FY2010 dollars.<br />
b <strong>The</strong> survey’s estimates <strong>of</strong> the schedule to first science are based on CATE analysis and project input.<br />
c <strong>The</strong> risk scale used was low, medium low, medium, medium high, and high.<br />
d <strong>The</strong> survey’s appraisal <strong>of</strong> operations costs, in FY2010 dollars, is based on project input.<br />
TABLE ES.3 Ground: Recommended Activities—Large Scale (Priority Order)<br />
Recommendation b<br />
Science<br />
Technical<br />
Risk c<br />
Appraisal <strong>of</strong> Costs<br />
Through Construction a<br />
(U.S. Federal Share<br />
2012-2021)<br />
Appraisal <strong>of</strong><br />
Annual<br />
Operations<br />
Costs d<br />
(U.S. Federal<br />
Share)<br />
Page<br />
Reference<br />
1. LSST<br />
- Science late 2010s<br />
- NSF/DOE<br />
2. Mid-Scale<br />
Innovations<br />
Program<br />
- Science mid-to-late<br />
2010s<br />
3. GSMT<br />
- Science mid 2020s<br />
- Immediate partner<br />
down-select for<br />
~25% federal share<br />
4. ACTA<br />
- Science early<br />
2020s<br />
- NSF/DOE; U.S.<br />
join European CTA<br />
Dark energy, dark<br />
matter, time-variable<br />
phenomena,<br />
supernovas, Kuiper belt<br />
and near-Earth objects<br />
Broad science; peerreviewed<br />
program for<br />
projects that fall<br />
between the NSF MRI<br />
and MREFC limits<br />
Studies <strong>of</strong> the earliest<br />
galaxies, galactic<br />
evolution, detection and<br />
characterization <strong>of</strong><br />
planetary systems<br />
Indirect detection <strong>of</strong><br />
dark matter, particle<br />
acceleration and AGN<br />
science<br />
Medium<br />
low<br />
$465M<br />
($421M)<br />
$42M<br />
($28M)<br />
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ES-5<br />
7-29<br />
N/A $93-200M 7-30<br />
Medium<br />
to<br />
Medium<br />
high<br />
Medium<br />
low<br />
$1.1B to $1.4B<br />
($257M - $350M)<br />
$400M<br />
($100M)<br />
$36M to $55M<br />
($9M to $14M)<br />
7-32<br />
Unknown 7-36<br />
a <strong>The</strong> survey’s construction-cost appraisals for LSST, GSMT, and ACTA are based on CATE analysis and project input, in<br />
FY2010 dollars; cost appraisals for the Mid-Scale Innovations Program augmentation are committee-generated and based on<br />
available community input. For GSMT the cost appraisals are $1.1 billion for GMT and $1.4 billion for TMT. Construction costs<br />
for GSMT could continue into the next decade, at levels up to $95 million for the federal share. <strong>The</strong> share for the U.S.<br />
government is shown in parentheses where different from the total.<br />
b <strong>The</strong> survey’s estimates <strong>of</strong> the schedule to first science are based on CATE analysis and project input.<br />
c <strong>The</strong> risk scale used was low, medium low, medium, medium high, and high.<br />
d <strong>The</strong> survey’s appraisals for operations costs, in FY2010 dollars, are based on project input. <strong>The</strong> committee did not analyze these<br />
estimates in detail. For GSMT the range in operations costs is based on estimates from GMT ($36 million) and TMT ($55<br />
million). <strong>The</strong> share for the U.S. government is shown in parentheses where different from the total.