Planet Quest: Missions - Terrestrial Planet Finder





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TPF > THE SEARCH FOR (HABITABLE) PLANETS

A Presentation by Chas Beichman

A presentation at the
193rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
5-9 January 1999 in Austin, Texas

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Table of Contents

Slide 1:

NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder: The Search for (Habitable) Planets

Slide 2:

Astronomical Search for Origins

Slide 3:

Search for Life in 3 Locales

Slide 4:

Theory (now) Predicts Planets

Slide 5:

Show Me the Planets

Slide 6:

Astrometric Search for Planets

Slide 7:

NASA's First Interferometers

Slide 8:

Space Interferometer Mission

Slide 9:

SIM's Discovery Space for Planets

Slide10:

But What is a Habitable Planet?

Slide11:

What Are Signposts of Habitability & Life?

Slide12:

Life Has Large Scale Environmental Impact on a Planet

Slide13:

Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF)

Slide14:

Illustrative TPF Concept

Slide15:

TPF Builds Up Image Using Nulling

Slide16:

TPF Reconstructs Images and Spectra using Multiple Baselines and Wavelengths

Slide17:

Observing Time Requirements for Planet Detection

Slide18:

TPF Planet Survey

Slide19:

General Astrophysics with TPF

Slide20:

Disk and Jet Physics with TPF

Slide21:

Black Holes and AGN Cores

Slide22:

Origins Feeds Science and Technology Forward to TPF

Slide23:

Progress on Nulling

Slide24:

Key TPF Technology Flow

Slide25:

TPF and Its Precursor MIssions

Slide26:

Origins' Is a 25 Year Quest

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