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NASA Laying Foundation For Jupiter Moon Space Mission
coondoggie (973519) writes "NASA recently began laying out the groundwork for the technology it will need to fly an unmanned mission to Jupiter's intriguing moon Europa. Scientists say Europa — which orbits the planet Jupiter about 778 million km (484 million miles) from the Sun — could support life because it might have an ocean of liquid water under its miles-thick frozen crust. NASA said in December the Hubble Space Telescope observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa, providing the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off the moon's surface."
but it doesn't have oceans.
AND, there are lots of other interesting moons out that way. good to establish a precedent that this far out exploration can be done.
My God can beat up your God. Just kidding...don't take offense. I know there's no God.
We'll never get through the thick ice layer.
We'll never be able to fly
We'll never be able to go into space
We'll never be able to land on the moon
We'll never be able to have civil and informative political discussions....
Ok, the 4th might be true, but 'never' and human ingenuity shouldn't be lumped together very often.
People in cars cause accidents....accidents in cars cause people
To actually find evidence of extraterrestrial life, even if it's simply microbes, would represent a pretty major revolution in our understanding of life in general, and a pretty good pointer that life is common in the Universe.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.