In order to recommend a strategy for the most effective science on a diminished budget, we must do our best to follow the money. That requires a mapping of the total HST annual budget to functions. When we can see what each function costs, then we can consider how that function can be curtailed, and estimate the scientific cost. Every cut will have a scientific cost. The trick is to make cuts in such a way as to minimize the net scientific costs.
Costs are almost entirely people.
The material that Bob sent does provide some such information, but not clearly enough. I think we need some pie charts or bar graphs to help us visualize this. Goddard Operations 2. I was happy to see that the current plans aim to protect category 3. Now let's go to functions.