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ESA and NASA Consider Joint Mission To Europa
ewg writes "In defiance of the monolith, the European Space Agency and NASA are in the early planning stages of an automated joint mission to Europa, Jupiter's watery moon. This follows the triumphant Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn's moon Titan. "All these worlds are yours, except Europa...""
Get the quote right, at least:
"All these worlds are yours..."
Vincent J. Murphy
Spandex Justice
. . . for putting the line from the Clarke novel right in the intro and getting it out of the way.
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This will eliminate about half of the impulse entries on this subject.
That said . .
Heyyyyy, how 'bout them Probes! Whoooo! Go probes!
Stefan
Hopefully not 2010. That could only be a bad thing. I hope they attempt no landings there.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
Hope they get a EuropaRail pass this time.. lot cheaper than the last trip.
Heh, sorry, the first time I read this I read "Joint Mission to Europe."
-Pan
I said no... but I missed and it came out yes.
I would imagine that the majority of the people on slashdot define "queue" as:
# Computer Science.
1. A sequence of stored data or programs awaiting processing.
2. A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest.
Those who ignore the future
are doomed to prepeat it
How do you know? Perhaps you aren't using the correct translation.
_O_
.|< The named which can be named is not the true named
So, is China building a "space station"? Don't be surprised when you find out its really a ship. (And Shipwrecks some poor chinese scientist on Europa) Oh, Arthur C. Clark must be so proud.
meh
One phrase: "Metric vs. US customary"
ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI!?
I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that the largest rocket in the world is the United States' Saturn V. The tiny, flaccid French Ariane boosters hardly compare. As for the Russian Proton rocket... well, let's just say that they've had a little trouble with the machinery that gets it into the upright launch position. But don't worry Russia- it happens to a lot of people they say.
Let us call a spade a spade: the bookstores don't group them as related genres, they group them as books read by uber-nerds. For example, I bet they were sick and tired of know-it-alls like me disputing how they classified each Orson Scott Card novel. On the other hand, If they grouped Sci-fi with Romance novels, I might get a date once in a while....
"I love his boyish charm, but I hate his childishness" - Leela
As long as they bring their measurements tables with them, I don't foresee any problems. heheh
Europa is full of stars.
From the article: "Europa's surface is comprised of 8 large land-masses populated entirely by Natalie Portman clones, separated by vast oceans of steamy, bubbling grits."