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The Hubble Second Decade Committee was constituted to consider how to maximise the science return from Hubble during its second decade of operations. The committee produced two written reports: the first emphasised the scientific impact of large programs, advocated for an allocation of 20-30% of Hubble observing time in each cycle to such large programs, and recommended the establishment of Treasury programs that could enable multiple scientific objectives; the second report discussed the future of archival research and advocated the enhancement of the Hubble Archive. Finally, the Second Decade Committee also advocated for the addition of a Near-Infrared Channel to Wide-Field Camera 3, currently in development then under consideration for a future Hubble servicing mission.
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The second decade of HST provides an opportunity to stimulate new ways of using the facility for projects with lasting scientific impact. The Second Decade Committee’s mission was to help the HST program take advantage of this opportunity.
Constituted
1999
Description: (adapted from A Review of Reports on Selected Large Federal Science Facilities )
Constituted
1998
Membership
Chair: Robert Brown
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Outcomes
Specific orbit allocation for large programs, instituted in Cycle 9 (proposal deadline, September 10 1999; cycle start, July 1 2000). This change was driven in parallel by STScI staff beyond the committee members (see Meg Urry's article in the 12/1999 STScI Newsletter).
Treasury programs, instituted in Cycle 11 (proposal deadline, Sept 7 2001; cycle start, July 1 2002)
AR Legacy programs, also instituted in Cycle 11
