NASA Eyes Mission To Icy Jupiter Moon Europa To Gauge Habitability(space.com)
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NASA Eyes Mission To Icy Jupiter Moon Europa To Gauge Habitability
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Tempted to say they found an obelisk in orbit :-) but more seriously NASA says a lot of stuff around budget time, and in times of imminent fiscal cliffs where they don't see a lot of other targets standing on the field.
Yep, and before that there was JIMO, the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, which was to be powered by a nuclear fission reactor (not an RTG). It lost funding in 2005.
ESA continues work on JUICE, the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer.
No doubt there are more I'm forgetting.
JIMO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter
JUICE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moon_Explorer
ESA continues work on JUICE, the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer.
No doubt there are more I'm forgetting.
JIMO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter
JUICE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moon_Explorer
Interesting that after canceling that joint mission Nasa then committed $1.5 billion for the curiosity based rover mission. It seems that it was mostly an excuse to keep JPL funded and this mission, which is similar to the proposed joint mission will be led by JPL as well.
Does anyone else think Nasa should be figuring out how to setup colonies on new worlds.. I mean the question of life on Mars (or anywhere else) is a good one, but we'll be able to figure all that out a lot easier if we're there in person. It's no going anywhere.
Looks like NASA does not read Fitch and Moody's reports...
Jokes about 2010: Odissey Two in three, two ... screw it! I'll be first!
ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
Now it seems NASA wants to go to Europa again. I wonder what changed.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Jupiter_System_Mission