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LSST Science Advisory Committee Seeks Community Input
LSST SAC Chair Michael Strauss models his LSST 2012 All Hands Meeting t-shirt (Image credit: LSST)
Now that federal construction on LSST has formally begun, the LSST Project has constituted a Science Advisory Committee (SAC). The committee’s job is to represent the wider scientific community (including the US astronomical community) and to advise LSST Project Director Steve Kahn as decisions are made throughout the LSST construction phase.
The SAC’s ultimate goal is to help the LSST project and the community maximize the science output from LSST. The committee’s purview includes, but is not limited to, the choice of observing cadences, plans for scientific commissioning of the LSST, and the relationship between the LSST project, the science community, and LSST science collaborations. The LSST SAC website lists the SAC’s members and includes previous meetings’ minutes. Please contact any of the SAC members if you have questions or would like to give input into any aspect of LSST.
Article written by Michael Strauss, Princeton University, LSST SAC Chair
The effort to build the LSST is a partnership between public and private organizations. Financial support for LSST Design and Development comes from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation formed in 2003, with headquarters in Tucson, AZ. Contributions from private foundation gifts, grants to universities, and in-kind support from laboratories and other LSST Member Institutions were key to early construction and critical developments. The LSST Project Office for central management was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The Department of Energy funded effort is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
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