Opportunity for Observations with K2: A New Mission for the Kepler Spacecraft

American Astronomical Society: The K2 mission is a concept being proposed to NASA through the 2014 Senior Review process that seeks to repurpose the NASA Kepler spacecraft. K2 will expand on Kepler's groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanets and astrophysics by observing many new target types in a wide variety of new fields. The K2 mission is currently soliciting comments on the fields that K2 will observe during its first two years and is soliciting target proposals for a performanc...