VLBA St Croix Repairs

本建议书描述了对圣克鲁瓦岛上的圣克鲁瓦甚大基线阵列台站的维修活动。 2017年9月，圣克鲁瓦核电站被飓风玛丽亚破坏，随后，国会通过2018年两党预算法案（公法115-123）提供资金进行维修，并于2018年2月9日由总统签署成为法律。该提案详细概述了计划中的活动，所有这些活动都是为了支持将该网站恢复为世界级的工作科学天文台，并恢复VLBA的全部功能。 由VLBA与圣克鲁瓦获得的观测有助于实现天文学界设定的科学目标。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This proposal describes repairs activities to the St. Croix Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) station on St. Croix Island. The St. Croix station was damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017, and, subsequently, Congress provided funding to perform repairs via the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) signed into law by the President on 9 February 2018. The proposal outlines the planned activities in detail, all of which are in support of returning the site to a world-class working science observatory, and reinstating the full capabilities of the VLBA. Observations obtained by the VLBA with St. Croix contribute to the fulfillment of scientific goals set out by astronomy communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.