The 2000 Decadal Review: Implications for Astronomy in Hawaii

Dave Jewitt
IfA

The National Academy of Sciences Decadal Reviews of astronomy aim both
to summarize recent milestones in the subject and to map a path for
major developments in the next 10 years.  Past Reviews have been quite
influential with the funding agencies, particularly within the NSF.  The
2000 Review proposes a number of projects that are appropriately seen
as fantastic opportunities for the furtherance of astronomy in Hawaii.
These include a 30-meter optical-infrared telescope (GSMT), a large
aperture, all-sky telescope designed to explore the time domain (LSST),
a high angular resolution ground-based solar telescope (ATST), and a
National Virtual Observatory (NVO).  In this talk, I will try to cut
through the acronymns and to present an overview of the latest Decadal
Review in order to stimulate a discussion of how IfA might best respond.