Date: 20/06/2015 21:24:43
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 739337
Subject: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

I reduced the heading

NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Alien Ocean World at Jupiter Moon Europa

At long last NASA is heading back to Jupiter’s mysterious moon Europa and doing so in a big way – because scientists believe it harbors an alien ocean of water beneath an icy crust and therefore is “one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for signs of present-day life” beyond Earth.

Top NASA officials have now formally and officially green lighted the Europa ocean world robotic mission and given it the “GO” to move from early conceptual studies into development of the interplanetary spacecraft and mission hardware, to search for the chemical constituents of life.

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Date: 20/06/2015 21:33:50
From: dv
ID: 739339
Subject: re: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

Sweet

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Date: 20/06/2015 21:35:47
From: AwesomeO
ID: 739340
Subject: re: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

Something suss in those figures, a takeoff in 7 years but only 30 million budgeted for next year?

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Date: 20/06/2015 21:38:41
From: ChrispenEvan
ID: 739344
Subject: re: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

it is just the planning stage atm.

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Date: 20/06/2015 21:39:41
From: Bubblecar
ID: 739345
Subject: re: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

Good news, but no mention of a lander at this stage.

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Date: 20/06/2015 21:39:56
From: AwesomeO
ID: 739346
Subject: re: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

ChrispenEvan said:


it is just the planning stage atm.

Yeah I get that, but that doesn’t leave much time till a launch in ’22. Sums sound wrong to me is all.

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Date: 20/06/2015 21:46:15
From: dv
ID: 739349
Subject: re: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

AwesomeO said:


Something suss in those figures, a takeoff in 7 years but only 30 million budgeted for next year?

They are probably still looking at design options

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Date: 21/06/2015 17:35:30
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 739537
Subject: re: NASA Gives ‘GO’ for Mission to Europa

AwesomeO said:


Something suss in those figures, a takeoff in 7 years but only 30 million budgeted for next year?

Only flybys. 45 flybys in all. Darn. I’d hoped for at least a lander with seismometer and ideally a drill with sample return.

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