Yo XMM users.
The XMM Project Scientist wants feedback on Senior Review recommendations.
Now.
Here is the XMM proposal to the Senior Review Panel.
Here is a link (pdf) to the full text of the review, now up on nasa.gov
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Hi Steinn,
The link you want for the XMM proposal to the Senior Review Panel is
http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/xmm/senior/2008/senior.html
I can somewhat understand why NASA would choose to trim GO funding over cutting mission operations. Though their explanation of XMM's weakness is the absolutely prototypical lazy reviewer response: "the scientific case for continued funding....was not compelling." XMM deserves a more thoughtful explanation of why their funding should be cut (most of the other missions had some thoughtful discussion).
Cheers,
Craig