We need that probe to go into the seas on Europa! |
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We need that probe to go into the seas on Europa! |
Last edited by Neil; 11-Nov-2008 at 12:05 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
-Carl Sagan
I would like to see a Europa mission but I think the budget would be a little too much. It's not just a flyby or a simple landing, it's a probe that has to survive radiation, deep freeze, remain thermal for a long period of time and still be able to send back messages and images. You might well be 60 years of age before you even see a projected launch date. |
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