Gaia: from proposal to GDR1
arXiv:1706.03983 · doi:10.1017/S1743921317005798
Abstract
In this concluding article I recall the early history of the Gaia mission, showing that the original science case and expectations of wide community interest in Gaia data have been met. The quarter-century long partnership involving some 1,000 scientists, engineers and managers in industry and academia is delivering a large, high-quality and unique data set which will underpin astrophysics across many sub-fields for years to come.
7pages, 5 figures, concluding talk at IAU Symposium 330, Astrometry and Astrophysics in the Gaia Sky