# The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer **Authors:** Jennifer Marshall, James Bullock, Adam Burgasser, Ken Chambers, Darren, DePoy, Arjun Dey, Nicolas Flagey, Alexis Hill, Lynne Hillenbrand, Daniel, Huber, Ting Li, Stephanie Juneau, Manoj Kaplinghat, Mario Mateo, Alan, McConnachie, Jeffrey Newman, Andreea Petric, David Schlegel, Andrew Sheinis,, Yue Shen, Doug Simons, Michael Strauss, Kei Szeto, Kim-Vy Tran, Christophe, Y\`eche, and the MSE Science Team arXiv: 1907.07192 ยท 2019-07-18 ## TL;DR The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer is a new, large-scale spectroscopic facility in Hawaii designed to enable transformative astronomical surveys and scientific discoveries. ## Contribution This white paper presents the science case and current development status of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer, a next-generation facility dedicated to large-scale spectroscopy. ## Key findings - Summarizes the science goals for the project. - Describes the current development status. - Highlights the potential scientific impact. ## Abstract The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer is a next-generation massively multiplexed spectroscopic facility currently under development in Hawaii. It is completely dedicated to large-scale spectroscopic surveys and will enable transformative science. In this white paper we summarize the science case and describe the current state of the project. --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1907.07192