Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Final Report

Understand

In December 2010, NASA created a Science Definition Team (SDT) for WFIRST, the Wide Field Infra-Red Survey Telescope, recommended by the Astro 2010 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for a large space mission.

• The SDT was chartered to work with the WFIRST Project Office at GSFC and the Program Office at JPL to produce a Design Reference Mission (DRM) for WFIRST.
• Part of the original charge was to produce an interim design reference mission by mid-2011.
• That document was delivered to NASA and widely circulated within the astronomical community.