[Fwd: Re: large-area Herschel survey meeting July 12th??]

Note the VST timeline...

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Hi all,

> just to add - that I personally think going for 4000sq.deg with
> just SPIRE may be the best way forward. THis is because VST/KIDS
> will CERTAINLY not start observing before 2009 and will take 5
> years to complete. Going for 4000sq.deg ewould essentially cover
> all bases and allow the Herschel survey to be used for many
> different science applications.

I visited USM Munich recently - the group that built the VST camera.
The rumours there were that they don't expect VST ever to operate,
since the delays are so great that other surveys will have done what
VST is aiming to do.

Now, I don't really have an opinion on whether that's true or not,
but I would second the idea to phrase the proposal in a way that it
can't be sunk by a referee saying "but VST is never going to happen".

Sebastian