Title:

The Space Interferometer Mission: Precision Astrometry for Finding
Other Earths and Dark Matter



Chas Beichman
JPL



Abstract:

By adapting   astrometry, the most classical technique 
in astronomy, to 21st Century precision, NASA's SIM mission 
will make micro-arcsecond measurements of the nearest stars looking for
planet-induced wobbles as well as of stars in nearby
galaxies looking for galactic motions induced by dark matter. 
I will discuss state of the art developments in the science, 
technology, and politics of SIM.