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1 The Science Goals a near-infrared camera is essential young solar system Kuiper Belt Planets The First Light in the Universe: Discovering the first galaxies, Reionization Period of Galaxy Assembly: Establishing the Hubble sequence, Growth of galaxy clusters Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems: Physics of the IMF, Structure of pre- stellar cores, Emerging from the dust cocoon Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life: Disks from birth to maturity, Survey of KBOs, Planets around nearby stars

2 How to Win at Astronomy adapted from Cosmic Discovery, M. Harwit 10 8 16001700180019002000 Galileo Sensitivity Improvement over the Eye Year of observations Telescopes alone Photographic & electronic detection 10 6 10 4 10 2 Huygens eyepiece Short’s 21.5” Herschell’s 48” Rosse’s 72” Photography Mount Wilson 100”Mount Palomar 200”Soviet 6-m 10 CCDs HST JWST

3 Detector arrays Ceramic Multilayer Board Wires attached to CMLB using conductive epoxy G-11 Strain Relief Constantan Wires 3-mil diameter, PFA Teflon insulation Uralane potting MDM connector

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