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The World Space Observatory has been conceived as an unconventional space project, developed via distributed studies rather than under the auspices of a single agency. It will be constructed and operated with the same philosophy, allowing many groups and countries to participate, each contributing as much as feasible from their national resources. Although designed with a conservative approach, to keep mission costs within a moderate budget, the WSO embodies some innovative ideas that will allow a world-class mission to be realized. The WSO is the proposed solution to the problem of future access to high resolution far-UV spectroscopy, which will not be available after HST or if the STIS instrument on HST should cease operation before the end of the mission
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Barstow, M.A., The WSO Team. (2003). The World Space Observatory. In: de Martino, D., Silvotti, R., Solheim, JE., Kalytis, R. (eds) White Dwarfs. NATO Science Series, vol 105. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0215-8_127
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