ESA Science & Technology - XEUS Consortium Meeting

Start date: 31 May 2005
Address: MPE Garching, Germany
Organiser: Th. Boller/G. Hasinger

In the recent months, the XEUS mission concept has gained significant support and priority in the strategic planning excercises and a joint mission between ESA, NASA and JAXA is now within reach. In parallel significant technological advances and breakthroughs have been achieved, which allow a ~10 square metre mirror and detector spacecraft to be placed in an L2 orbit.