Future Space Telescopes Options

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It seems that nobody here has yet discussed the November 2021 report recommending the future of space telescopes after JWST.

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4292/1

In brief, the recommendation takes the mission concepts of LUVOIR (like JWST but bigger and choosing, like Hubble, UV through IR wavelengths rather than just IR) and HabEx (a telescope that would image nearby terrestrial exoplanets) and merges them into one space telescope not quite as big as LUVOIR would have been but larger than HabEx would have been. Its role would be to provide new capabilities for imaging and studying exoplanets, while also having solid capabilities for various cosmological studies.

In addition, the recommendation is for two equal secondary-priority space telescopes, one observing in xrays and one in IR.

It seems like all three of these, if developed and launched, would be aiming for about the 2040s for start of mission.