1. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 LXO/MagEX: UK Project Status Leicester University X-ray and Observational Astronomy (XROA) Space Research Centre (SRC) Radio and Space Plasma Physics (RSPP) Prof. George Fraser Head of SRC Dr. Emma Bunce Planetary magnetospheres Dr. Steven Sembay Co-I on XMM/EPIC Dr. Andrew Read Chairman of EPIC BGWG Jennifer Carter EPIC BGWG / PhD Prof. Mark Lester SW/Mag.sph. Interactions

2. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 MagEX: Magnetosheath Explorer in X-rays Gained support of XROA/SRC group Presented MagEX at several conferences and meetings Created informational website (http://www.src.le.ac.uk/projects/magex) Developing a telescope simulator Using Satellite Toolkit (STK) to inform fov constraints Put out press release for public outreach Applied to STFC for funding to support feasibility study

3. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 “The UK Space Exploration Working Group recommends that the United Kingdom takes maximum advantage of the unique opportunities presented by the Global Exploration Strategy. It should play a full and active role in these programmes and the endeavours that will define space exploration in this century.” Executive Summary MagEX in UK Context

4. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 “Another benefit from a lunar perspective will be the ability to take images of the Earth’s magnetosphere (the region of near-Earth space dominated by the planetary magnetic field) and magnetosheath (the region surrounding the magnetosphere where the solar wind is heated by its encounter with the magnetosphere). This region extends to distances of about 100 000-150 000 km from the Earth. Its observation requires a view from a slightly greater distance; the Moon at 400 000 km from Earth is thus ideal.” “A prototype system for X-ray observations is being developed by the University of Leicester, together with NASA Goddard.” Page 22 MagEX in UK Context

5. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 JOINT STATEMENT FOR INTENT FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SPACE EXPLORATION BY THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BRITISH NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE Dr. Michael D. Griffin Administrator NASA Sir Keith O’Nions Director General Science and Innovation Department of Trade and Industry 19 April 2007 MagEX in UK Context

6. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 Bremen, Nov 2006Steve “Towards a European Infrastructure for Lunar Observatories II” Sponsored by EADS/ASTRON Bremen, March 2007Steve “To Moon and Beyond” DGLR International Symposium National Astronomy Meeting, April 2007Jenny NASA/BNSC Meeting, September 2007Mark Sims Open University, September 2007Andy “Exploration of the Moon: A UK Perspective” Royal Astronomical Society, December 2007Steve “Astronomy from the Moon” Conferences and Meetings

7. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 Project Research and Development (PRD) application to Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) 4 Application deadlines per year…. 19 th of January, April, July, October Panel meets ~ 1.5 months after deadline, so expect to hear early December. Have asked for a total of 12.5 Staff Months effort split over several work packages (next page) Current effort is borrowed time from the EPIC project I have an offer of some support money from our Departmental Future Projects fund if the PRD bid is turned down or reduced …reasonably confident of positive outcome

8. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 ParticipantRole and ResponsibilityFunding Request (sm) S. SembayProject Manager.1.0 PDRADevelop the telescope simulator3.0 Detector EngineerProvide technical information pertaining to detector design in the form of mass, power and data handling constraints. 3.0 Optical EngineerProvide technical information on optic design1.0 Thermal EngineerProvide technical support for thermal studies of the telescope and electronics within the lunar environment. 2.0 DraughtsmanProvide technical drawings of telescope and subsystems 1.0 IT Support/Grant Admin/Secretarial1.5 Total12.5 Project Research and Development (PRD) application to Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

9. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 We have concentrated (almost exclusively) on the study of SWCX from the solar wind and magnetosheath as the primary science goal….hence “MagEX” How have we pitched LXO/MagEX in our PRD proposal? The science is unique, interesting and solar-system centric The geometrical argument (size of the region and distance of the Moon etc) is a pretty decent answer to “why the Moon?”

10. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 We should/will develop a telescope that can produce images like these….

11. LXO/MagEX Meeting Greenbelt, 24/10/07 Telescope Baseline Configuration: Imaging Capability (Micropore Optic) Telescope Field of View ~ 30° x 30° Angular Resolution ~ 1.5 arcminutes Detector Pixel Size ~ 100 to 200 μm Detector Energy Range ~ 0.2 to 2.0 keV Detector Resolution ~ 50 eV FWHM @ 600 eV Detector Geometric Area ~ 13 cm x 13 cm Total Instrument Mass ~ 20 – 40 kg Instrument Power ~ 20W operational, 2W standby