Future Giant Telescopes: Evolution in Ground-Space Synergy
Richard Ellis (Caltech)
The widespread realization of laser-guide star adaptive optics is changing the oft-quoted
synergy established in the 1990's between our ground- based telescopes and Hubble. Future AO-based facilities
such as the Thirty Meter Telescope will have a better angular resolution and light grasp than JWST leading to
a new partnership between ground and space. I will explore how this progress could redirect the needs of future
space missions operating at UV through infrared wavelengths.