Optical manufacturing and testing requirements identified by the NASA Science Instruments, Observatories, and Sensor Systems Technology Assessment

Optical manufacturing and testing technologies are critical to enabling NASA's future high priority missions. A technology assessment roadmap for Science Instruments, Observatories and Sensor Systems (SIOSS) was developed for the NASA Office of Chief Technologist. This roadmap identifies a wide range of specific challenges (including some which require optical manufacturing and testing technology) that require maturation over the next 10 years.