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October 2002
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Young/NVO-Codata
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The US National Virtual Observatory
•National
Academy of Sciences “Decadal Survey” recommended NVO as highest
priority small (<$100M) project
“Several
small initiatives recommended by the committee span both ground
and space. The first among
them—the National Virtual Observatory (NVO)—is the committee’s
top priority among the small initiatives. The NVO will provide a “virtual sky” based
on the enormous data sets being created …”
—Astronomy
and Astrophysics in the New Millennium, p. 14