All Systems Go for Mission to Europa

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All Systems Go for NASA's Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa

Beyond Earth, Jupiter’s moon Europa is considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for signs of present-day life, and a new NASA mission to explore this potential is moving forward from concept review to development.

NASA’s mission concept -- to conduct a detailed survey of Europa and investigate its habitability -- has successfully completed its first major review by the agency and now is entering the development phase known as formulation.

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Alien Ocean: NASA’s Mission to Europa

Could a liquid water ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa have the ingredients to support life? Here's how NASA's mission to Europa would find out.

Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - YouTube Channel

[seeder]

FANTASTIC news!!

[Zalmoxis]

That is great!

[tipotep]

I think this will be a giant step in finding some sort of life other than on earth

[Bavarian Raven]

*fingers crossed *

So... Ice fishing trip? I'll bring beer and hand warmers.

[in all seriousness this is great news!]

Edited June 18, 2015 by Bavarian Raven

[paperdyer]

This goes hand in hand with the Cryobot article from a day or two ago. Maybe we will get there in my lifetime.

[Chortle]

Such a gamble either exabytes of information about how known elements react in excessively hostile environments or possibly some amoebic life discovered. #AllTheseWorlds