CONTENTS

The NGC Committee..................................................................................................................................1
Preface.........................................................................................................................................................3
Résumé Exécutif..........................................................................................................................................4
Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................6
Acronyms.....................................................................................................................................................9
Fundamental Science Goals for a Refurbished CFHT................................................................................10
Surveying the Current Astronomical Landscape........................................................................................10
What New Telescope is Required to Make Progress on the Key Scientific Goals?.....................................17
What Ground - Based Telescopes Will be Available in 2010?...................................................................22
What Space - Based Telescopes Will be Available in 2010?......................................................................27
The Next Generation Space Telescope.......................................................................................................29
The Impact of Large Ground and Space Telescopes on the Key Science Goals.........................................32
Current Developments for Very Large Ground-Based Telescopes..............................................................35
Proposals for the Next Generation CFHT.................................................................................................35