Infrared and Submillimeter Space Missions in the Coming Decade

Foreword. Solar system observations and future missions; E. Lellouch. Extragalactic observations and future missions; A. Franceschini, et al. Detection limits in the far IR; G.H. Rieke, et al. Background limited IR and submm instruments; J.-M. Lamarre, et al. Simulations of the microwave sky and of its `observations'; F.R. Bouchet, et al. Radiative and hybrid cooling of IR space telescopes; T.G. Hawarden, et al. The IR space observatory; M. Kessler. The ISO - telescope design; C. Singer. IR telescope in space: IRTS; T. Matsumoto. IR astronomy on the Midcourse Space Experiment: MSX; S.D. Price. The Wide-Field IR Explorer: WIRE; P.B. Hacking, M.W. Werner. SOFIA: The next generation airborne telescope; E.F. Erickson. POST: Polar Stratospheric Telescope; P.Y. Bely, et al. IR imaging surveyor: IRIS; T. Matsumoto. Optics of the far-IR and submm space telescope; R. Hills. SIRTF - the moderate mission; M.W. Werner, L.L. Simmons. The Edison IR space observatory; H.A. Thronson, et al. The BOOMERANG experiment; A. Lange, et al. The far IR explorer (FIRE); A.E. Lange, et al. OBLERS, an interplanetary probe to study IR diffuse backgrounds; F.-X. Désert. How to evidence primitive life on an exo-planet? The DARWIN project; A. Léger, et al. The near IR high resolution camera program of Beijing observatory; J. Sun. The effect of realistic surface properties on low temperature space observatories; R. Blake, B. Jones. The management of stray radiation issues in space optical systems; S.M. Pompea. Pulse tube refrigerators; A. Ravex, et al. The use of closed cycle coolers on space-based observatories; T.W. Bradshaw, A.H. Orlowska. Adiabatic demagnetisation refrigerators for future submm spacemissions; I.D. Hepburn, et al. IR detection, review of existing and future devices; F. Sibille. A novel bolometer for IR and mm-wave astrophysics; J.J. Bock, et al.