I thought they said attempt no landing there.
Why not Ganymede? Robert Heinlein already wrote a book about it!
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The monoliths are gonna be pissed.
“It’s unclear, however, just how deep a Europa lander would need to dig to have a chance of finding anything.” Of course it’s “unclear.” Pure fairy tales at the taxpayer’s teat.
I would think jupiters radiation would have a detrimenral effect on life there. I know water shields from radiation, but I would think that messes up anything on or near the surface.
I believe the surface temps vary from -170 at equator to -350 or so at the poles...perfect temp for unlimited chemical reactions (sarcasm alert)...atmosphere mostly oxygen...hmmmmm...oxidative destuction of surface molecules?...doesnt sound conducive to abiogenesis....just sayin...research sounds interesting tho....
Clipper will study Europa up close during dozens of flybys, some of which might be able to zoom through the moon’s suspected water-vapor plumes.
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Why don’t they save some money and sample the water plume?
If THE lANDER landed in the US Congress, they would have to drill very deep to find any signs of life, intelligent or otherwise.
So... have they found life on Uranus?