Why should the general public care about the LSST?
LSST has been designed as a public facility from the beginning, with deep color imaging and multi-dimensional data products made available quickly over the internet. We are planning to involve the public, including students, in exploring The New Sky. In addition to innovative portals like Google Sky or World Wide Telescope, we intend to develop research projects that can be done by students in classroom settings, at home, and via science museums with the the public. In addition, we’re paying attention to citizen science projects like e.g. Galaxy Zoo. Supercomputers will continuously transform LSST imaging data into a revolutionary four dimensional space-time landscape of color and motion, offering exciting possibilities for exploration and discovery by curious minds of all ages.
