NGE is a 15 year design project with an estimated 60 year total lifetime. The project was started in December 1991 and expects to finish installation with the end of the year 2007. Currently, background material has been obtained and the project structure has been determined. A first iteration of a life cycle analysis is nearing completion. Structures for the collection and listing of internal and external needs and constraints has begun and is hoped to be filled in with a first iteration by the end of 1994.
Dates are, of course, subject to updating from time to time.
NGE is a quickly growing project. Last month it had one full time workgroup member and three contributing members. In the last month it has added three more contributing members and about 15 interested others who have various areas of expertise of interest to the project and contacts for many, many more. The NGE project is currently self-funded. Further discussion will determine if the project remains self-funding or begins to seek external funding.