Comments on: NASA approves mission to ocean moon Europa https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/20/nasa-approves-mission-to-ocean-moon-europa/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/20/nasa-approves-mission-to-ocean-moon-europa/#comment-43523 BuckGalaxy Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:58:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77927#comment-43523 It shouldn't be either or It shouldn’t be either or

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/20/nasa-approves-mission-to-ocean-moon-europa/#comment-43522 BuckGalaxy Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:58:12 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77927#comment-43522 For example, I read about this idea years ago: The orbiter could look for spots with relatively recent cracks caused from upwelling, and then drop a lander/rover there to investigate what was pushed up. For example, I read about this idea years ago: The orbiter could look for spots with relatively recent cracks caused from upwelling, and then drop a lander/rover there to investigate what was pushed up.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/20/nasa-approves-mission-to-ocean-moon-europa/#comment-43519 RL Sat, 24 Aug 2019 01:26:00 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77927#comment-43519 But there is the problem of 10+ miles of supercooled ice to deal with... Personally I find the <a href="https://gizmodo.com/nasa-is-officially-sending-an-aerial-drone-to-titan-and-1835918159" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sending of an aerial drone to Titan</a> more exciting... But there is the problem of 10+ miles of supercooled ice to deal with…

Personally I find the sending of an aerial drone to Titan more exciting…

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/20/nasa-approves-mission-to-ocean-moon-europa/#comment-43518 BuckGalaxy Sat, 24 Aug 2019 01:20:40 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77927#comment-43518 For gawd's sake we already know it has conditions suitable for life! HOW ABOUT ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR LIFE? For gawd’s sake we already know it has conditions suitable for life! HOW ABOUT ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR LIFE?

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/20/nasa-approves-mission-to-ocean-moon-europa/#comment-43509 ER Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:30:56 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77927#comment-43509 should the President's Lunar initiative run into any budget problems, or should there be any financial issues in the manned programs, pure science missions like this will be the first to get the axe. should the President’s Lunar initiative run into any budget problems, or should there be any financial issues in the manned programs, pure science missions like this will be the first to get the axe.

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