Recommendations from the "Second Workshop on New Concepts for Far-IR/Submillimeter Space Astronomy

The "Second Workshop on New Concepts for Far-Infrared/Submillimeter Space Astronomy" was a forum for community input into the NASA Space Science strategic planning process. The participants discussed science goals, mission concepts, and enabling technologies for future space observatories that will operate in the 20 - 800 micron wavelength range. The Workshop was held in Maryland March 7 - 8, 2002. It was motivated by the Decade Report's assignment of priority to a Single-Aperture Far-IR (SAFIR) telescope and encouragement of the subsequent development of space-based far-infrared interferometry. A white paper, currently in preparation, will give the community's recommended science and technology roadmap for space missions in the post-SIRTF, SOFIA, and Herschel era. The roadmap is intended to guide the implementation of the Decade Report recommendations. In this talk we will present a preview of the white paper.