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New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics

TABLE ES.2 Ground: Recommended Activities—Medium Scale

Recommendation^b

Science

Technical Risk^c

Appraisal of Costs Through Construction^a (U.S. Federal Share, 2012-2021)

Appraisal of Annual Operations Costs^d (U.S. Federal Share)

Cross-Reference in Chapter 7

CCAT

—Science early 2020s

—University-led, 33% federal share

Submillimeter surveys enabling broad extragalactic, galactic, and outer-solar-system science

Medium

$140M ($37M)

$11M ($7.5M)

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^a The survey’s construction-cost appraisal for CCAT is based on the survey’s cost, risk, and technical readiness evaluation (i.e., the cost appraisal and technical evaluation, or CATE, analysis) and project input, in FY2010 dollars.

^b The survey’s appraisal of the schedule to first science is based on CATE analysis and project input.

^c The risk scale used was low, medium low, medium, medium high, and high.

^d The survey’s appraisal of operations costs, in FY2010 dollars, is based on project input.

TABLE ES.3 Ground: Recommended Activities—Large Scale (Priority Order)

Recommendation^b	Science	Technical Risk^c	Appraisal of Costs Through Construction^a (U.S. Federal Share, 2012-2021)	Appraisal of Annual Operations Costs^d (U.S. Federal Share)	Cross-Reference in Chapter 7
1. LSST —Science late 2010s —NSF/DOE	Dark energy, dark matter, time-variable phenomena, supernovae, Kuiper belt and near-Earth objects	Medium low	$465M ($421M)	$42M ($28M)	Page 223
2. Mid-Scale Innovations Program —Science mid-to-late 2010s	Broad science; peer-reviewed program for projects that fall between the NSF MRI and MREFC limits	N/A	$93M to $200M		Page 225
3. GSMT —Science mid-2020s —Immediate partner choice for ~25% federal share	Studies of the earliest galaxies and galactic evolution; detection and characterization of planetary systems	Medium to medium high	$1.1B to $1.4B ($257M to $350M)	$36M to $55M ($9M to $14M)	Page 228