====== Telecon Notes 20180103 ======

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=== Agenda:===

   * TeamX: this one is TeamX-Instrument. There is a second one in March, and also a 'Mission' one in March. 
     * Our goals 
       * are there any yet unidentified challenges? 
       * give initial cost estimate? Our framework was ~$175M
       * Note: JPL insists on 30% cost margin; NASA guidelines are 25%. 
     * Engineering Exercise
       * 3 hours/day, Dec. 19-21 total of 9 hours.
       * ~10 engineers (optics, mechanical, system engineering, cost, electronics, cooling, detectors)
     * Results
       * Awaiting final results by mid-January. All other comments are preliminary. 
       * No major challenges / show stoppers identified; design is sound. 
       * Cost is close to our framework under specific assumptions for the cooling. 

   * AAS Presentations (next week): one oral + two posters
     * Co-Author Policy: all EC + Science Group Leaders + Others (nominations + self nominations)
     * {{:private:aasoral2018_v1.pdf|Rough (pre-first) Draft Oral in Special Session}}
     * {{:private:pico_science_aas_v3_sh.pdf|Science Poster (Qi Wen, work in progress)}} 
     * {{:private:pico_optics_aas2018_20171227_sh.pdf|Optics and Noise (Karl Young, reasonably mature}}