Discovery News said:
Though NASA is devoting many of its exploration resources to Mars these days, the agency still has its eye on an icy moon of Jupiter that may be capable of supporting life as we know it.
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Europa Clipper mission considered
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." - Albert Einstein
Posted 15 December 2012 - 01:05 PM
A proposed $2 billion spacecraft would perform several flyovers of Jupiter's enigmatic ice-covered moon.
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Posted 15 December 2012 - 10:35 PM
Exciting, but it would be more exciting to see the $2billion go towards an expedited manned landing and eventual settlement on Mars.
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Posted 15 December 2012 - 11:05 PM
highdesert50, on 15 December 2012 - 10:35 PM, said:
Exciting, but it would be more exciting to see the $2billion go towards an expedited manned landing and eventual settlement on Mars.
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Posted 16 December 2012 - 02:36 AM
Listen some of us won't be alive to see this they talking about 2021 this should have been in the works then how long its going to take after that.
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Posted 16 December 2012 - 03:46 AM
I know how you feel, I Hope to see some of these things while I am still in this life...
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Posted 17 December 2012 - 03:11 AM
The big question "are we alone in this universe" has been a driving force with NASA for many years. Mars and before that Venus were all predicted to have some sort of primitive life even up to the early 1950's.
It seems the more knowledgeable we become of our solar system and the universe, the more "alone" we seem to be.
NASA have said the search for life is the search for water.
They believe that these moons (Europa and to a point Enceladus) may harness the precious liquid under the ice.
After all these years NASA still amazes me.
It seems the more knowledgeable we become of our solar system and the universe, the more "alone" we seem to be.
NASA have said the search for life is the search for water.
They believe that these moons (Europa and to a point Enceladus) may harness the precious liquid under the ice.
After all these years NASA still amazes me.
Edited by Major Payne, 17 December 2012 - 03:13 AM.
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