• NASA and JPL Contribute to European Jupiter Mission
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[QUOTE][I]Feb. 21, 2013[/I] — NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study Jupiter and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail. The moons are thought to harbor vast water oceans beneath their icy surfaces.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]NASA's contribution will consist of one U.S.-led science instrument and hardware for two European instruments to fly on ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission. Jeffrey Plaut of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will be the U.S. lead for the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration experiment. The radar experiment's principal investigator is Lorenzo Bruzzone of Universita degli Studi di Trento in Italy. Under the lead of Bruzzone and the Italian Space Agency, JPL will provide the transmitter and receiver hardware for a radar sounder designed to penetrate the icy crust of Jupiter's moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto to a depth of about 5 miles (9 kilometers). This will allow scientists to see for the first time the underground structure of these tectonically complex and unique icy worlds.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130221214216.htm"]Source[/URL]
Sounds like this could be... juicy.
All I want for christmas is a radio-thermal ice drill on Europa Please Santana
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;39684027]All I want for christmas is a radio-thermal ice drill on Europa Please Santana[/QUOTE] It'll most likely have to be nuclear powered too :eng101:
I want to know if we have life on Europa. It would be the greatest scientific discovery since ever.
If Europeans will lead the search in Europa, who will lead when we look into Uranus?
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;39684369]If Europeans will lead the search in Europa, who will lead when we look into Uranus?[/QUOTE] Uranians
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;39684369]If Europeans will lead the search in Europa, who will lead when we look into Uranus?[/QUOTE] The people from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mianus_(neighborhood)]Mianus[/url] ofcourse!
Who even comes up with names like JUICE...
[QUOTE=DrLuckyLuke;39686453]Who even comes up with names like JUICE...[/QUOTE] should've named it moon rider
I hope they give it a better name before it's launched.
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