196 What is Next for the Big Bang Theory?
- Continue collecting data with the Hubble Space Telescope until it stops functioning.
- Improved Earth-based telescope technology will lead to enhanced earth-based data collecting; such as new optics, adaptive optics, and far-advanced computers and software.
- Additional data with other orbital satellites : infrared, ultraviolet, gamma-ray, etc., such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) (potential launch in 2018).