PALM-3000 Management Update A. Bouchez Team Meeting #9 10/22/2008

PALM Where we are We are midway through the preliminary design phase. Some subsystems are further advanced –Real-time reconstructor computer. –High-order wavefront sensor. We’ve fallen 6 months behind our original schedule. We have commissioned 2 new state-of-the-art instruments on the PALMAO system. The PALM-3000 design has been refined, and we now have far better estimates of the effort and cost required to completion. With some reduction in scope, we have the funding and people to deploy PALM-3000 in late summer 2010.

PALM What’s new? Scope Changes To reduce cost and keep to summer 2010 delivery date, we have decided to postpone LGS capabilities to FY2011 at the earliest. –Include LGS components in design, but not implementation. Personnel Changes John Cromer is moving off of P3K (to MOSFIRE and NIRES). Justin Crepp started on 1 Oct. –HODM testing, systems engineering, P1640 Cal system interface. David Hale will be joining Software team on ~1 Dec. We are recruiting an additional software engineer (0.5 FTE).

PALM FY09 Budget $125k MRI carry-over from FY08 due to slower than expected progress on software, systems engineering. While we have identified resources to get us to first light in Aug. 2010, budget is tight.

PALM FY09 Schedule Issues Critical Path(s) Software development –Automations server - AOCP - motor control –High Order Wavefront Processor High-order deformable mirror procurement and testing –Already delayed by at least 7 months… Electronics assembly and testing –Especially DM & motor cabling. Strategies Build up software team. Monitor progress at Xinetics through meetings and visits. Be prepared to seek additional electronics technician help as necessary.

PALM-3000 Critical path schedule

PALM Milestones Electronics PDR: 12 November. Software PDR in mid-January Optical Bench PDR: 9 February … Pre-ship review: end January First commissioning run: August 2010.