STScI Annual Report 2002: A Living Mission

goals
40 goals
Goal 1. Hubble is our first telescope. In 1990, it launched a new era of
astronomical research from space with unprecedented capability, data quality,
and data volume. We will optimize the science program of Hubble’s second ten
years and continue to serve the community in its best scientific use of the facility.
Goal 2. JWST will be our second major telescope. Starting in this
decade, it will explore the universe at infrared wavelengths. We will help
develop—then operate—the best JWST possible, with full inheritance of Hubble
lessons-learned and full engagement of the community in its development.
Goal 3. Our archive has become a first-rank research facility in its own
right, providing unique research and outreach opportunities. We will continue to run
a world-class data archive, adding new data sets, providing new research tools, and
collaborating with other data centers to provide an international astronomy data system.
Goal 4. Our education and public outreach programs have engaged the
public and made Hubble a household word. We will improve these programs,
extend them to JWST, and make them available to the rest of astronomy, ensuring
maximum benefit from the research enterprise to the public.
Goal 5. Our new technologies to improve Hubble operations have been
applied beyond astronomy; we expect this trend to continue, increasing the benefit
to society as a whole. We will continue to facilitate the transfer of our technical
innovations to other fields of research and to the private sector.
Goal 6. Our approaches and solutions to technical, operational, and
procedural challenges have changed the way astronomy is done and have been
adopted by observatories worldwide. We will continue to attract the best technical
staff to advance and apply the state of the art for astronomy.
Goal 7. Our excellent astronomy and support staff has made us a
first-rank research institute. We will continue to attract excellent scientists and
provide them with an academic environment that nourishes excellence in research.
Goal 8. We recognize the importance of supporting and advancing all of
our missions and programs—Hubble, JWST, the archive, our outreach programs
—to enable our vision. We will continue to work with the community to investigate
and advocate new missions that will enable further scientific advances.