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European Space Agency Invited To Contribute a Lander To NASA's Europa Clipper
MarkWhittington writes According to a story in Spaceflight Now, NASA has invited the European Space Agency to participate in its upcoming Europa Clipper project. Europa Clipper, pushed by Rep. John Culberson, the chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees NASA, recently received backing from the Obama administration. Europa Clipper would launch in the early 2020s and would be placed in an orbit around Jupiter that would cause it to fly by Europa, a moon of Jupiter, at least 45 times during its operational life.
Except Europa: Attempt No Landings There.
...Over the shirts ESA scientists wear.
Call me a cynic, but I would think this is less of reaching out a hand than trying to find ways to offset the costs.
With the strong gravity of Jupiter, it would be interesting to study capture of solar wind. For smaller planets the wind is considered a possible source of atmospheric erosion. But maybe part of the time, capture or condensation from the solar wind might be possible somewhere?
The composition of the solar wind, especially that from coronal holes or filament eruptions is actually very similar to that of comets. (think of all those protons as being hydrogen ions - just put back the electrons)
Someone should devise a way to capture from denser plasma clouds and make use of what's in them. Not an easy task I know. It's probably easier to capture methane from frat boys.
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Please ESA, stay away from ethically challenged NASA.
ESA and NASA had an agreement for NASA to provide a landing system (sky-crane like) for its upcoming Exo Mars lander.
NASA cancelled its participation for lack of funds and then, a few months later, announced their own Mars lander (MSL-2, almost a duplicate to Curiosity).
Just imagine if you had a business partnership with someone and he/she withdrew from the deal for lack of funds. Ok, that might be a good reason, but not if your then ex-partner went on to announce its own pretty similar product a few months later.
That left ESA in the lurch and in need of a landing system. They signed up with the Russians whose recent lack of success in space missions doesn't actually feel me with confidence for the ExoMars.
See here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoMars
Too bad nobody has veto power over your abject fucking retardation...
All the major governments know full well that any attempts by humans to interfere with world bearing more than bacteria (like Mars) are strictly prohibited by the galactic community. Any lander that tries to drill down to the oceans of Europa or the moons of any of the other outer planets will be destroyed before it gets the chance to do so and may even result in the sterilization of Earth as well.
Decide on them ahead of time and stick to that decision, please.
NASA only invites ESA on the Europa Clipper mission
Japan has successfully sent up a spacecraft collecting comet dusts and returned them back to planet Earth
India has successfully sent up a spacecraft which currently orbiting planet MARS
Why only inviting ESA and not Japan nor India?
Another case of SPACE RACISM , perhaps?
Hey, I've seen the movie, so it's true. USA wants to explore Europa - but to get ESA to do the dirty work and take the hit when the Europans get angry with the Europeans!
ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
USE THEM TOGETHER
USE THEM IN PEACE
At least if there are whales in Europa's ocean we'll be able to harpoon them.
fuck you bro