A wide-field imager in space could make remarkable progress in two very different frontiers of astronomy: dark energy and extra-solar planets. Embedding such an imager on a much larger and more complicated DE mission would be a poor science-approach under any circumstances and is a prescription for disaster in the present fiscal climate. The 2010 Decadal Committee must not lead the lemming stampede that is driving toward a DE mega-mission, but should stand clearly in its path.
@article{arxiv.0902.2211,
title = {Wide Field Imager in Space for Dark Energy and Planets},
author = {Andrew Gould},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.2211},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages. Decadal White Paper: Gould_wide_field_imager_PSF_CFP.pdf