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NASA Wants To Go To Europa

Posted by samzenpus on from the just-down-the-road dept.

MightyMartian writes "'NASA and the White House are asking Congress to bankroll a new intrastellar road trip to a destination that's sort of like the extraterrestrial Atlantis of our solar system — Jupiter's intriguing moon, Europa.' Since Europa seems one of the most likely worlds in the Solar System other than Earth where we have some hope of finding extant life, let's hope Congress gives the green light to this project."

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  1. Re:This could be a big problem for Republicans by rvw · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's their anti-science position. Going to Europa and finding alien life might encourage the teaching of evolutions in schools.

    It will also interfere with their plan to teach that the Earth is a the center of the universe, and the eventual mandate to make it official policy that the world is flat.

    Just let them believe that they are going to invade Europa (the continent) and they will probably stand in line to support this idea.