NASA Laying Foundation For Jupiter Moon Space Mission

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 7, 2014 @05:07AM from the here-we-go dept.

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."

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What could possibly go wrong? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-04-07 05:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Hmmm, what's the black rectangle....
1. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-04-07 05:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  No kidding. Big fucking mistake. The one place we're told not to go, these morons immediately start planning a mission. Maybe we can skate by on a technicality since it's not manned.