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Attempt No Landing There? Yeah Right—We’re Going to Europa

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday November 22 2015, @10:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the break-out-the-big-balloons-again dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

NASA is very publicly planning a mission to Europa in the 2020s, one that will soar over the intriguing moon dozens of times. Yet the reality is more thrilling. Quietly, the same engineers who masterminded the daring Curiosity landing on Mars in 2012 have been plotting how best to drop a lander onto the nightmare glacier. In early November, they presented their preliminary findings for a 230-kg lander to the one person in the world who can, and who dearly wants to, make that happen.

"I told them to do whatever it takes," said Representative John Culberson after meeting with the NASA scientists. "All of humanity is going to want to know what's under the ice."

The discovery of water on Mars seems to have whetted the appetite.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @11:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @11:56PM (#266684)

    I'm already in Europa! Oh wait, you mean the other one.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @12:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @12:11AM (#266692)

    I'm pretty sure you're in Europe.

    Well, unless you're Zeus, then it might be that you are indeed in Europa. [wikipedia.org] ;-)

    • (Score: 2) by inertnet on Monday November 23 2015, @02:00AM

      by inertnet (4071) on Monday November 23 2015, @02:00AM (#266732) Journal

      All of Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and half of Belgium are in Europa too.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @02:07AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @02:07AM (#266739)

      Or perhaps he speaks one of the numerous languages where Europa means the continent [wiktionary.org].

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @04:11PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 23 2015, @04:11PM (#267031)

        Or no, given the fact that he was speaking FUCKING ENGLISH.