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50. Even cooler - We're going to Europa!

Wed May 27, 2015, 08:47 AM

May 2015

NASA Mission to Europa Will Seek Conditions for Life

NASA's Europa spacecraft will use nine scientific instruments to assess the icy, ocean-harboring Jupiter moon's ability to support life, space agency officials announced today (May 26).

The Europa probe — which is scheduled to launch in the early to mid-2020s — will carry supersharp cameras, a heat detector, ice-penetrating radar and a variety of other gear that will shed light on the satellite's surface composition and the nature of its salty subsurface sea, among other things, NASA officials said.

http://www.space.com/29487-nasa-europa-mission-science.html

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So, we will attempt no landings?

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Closest view yet of Ceres! ..... holy shit, it IS an alien mining operation [View all] Baclava May 2015 OP

We'd better bomb the moon again, just to send a message petronius May 2015 #1

No kidding. Up there in the sky, looking down it's nose at us, just asking neverforget May 2015 #3

are you ceres? hfojvt May 2015 #2

Heavens no - Ceres, is the goddess of agriculture and fertility Baclava May 2015 #4

I see you are the walrus hfojvt May 2015 #5

ha ha - yeah I knew you were doing something like that Baclava May 2015 #6

Goddess of the harvest. Laffy Kat May 2015 #7

Be careful what you say about the bright spots pinboy3niner May 2015 #8

It's now a major infraction, as I understand it. Wilms May 2015 #9

Yeah, they can't be more then 3 or 4 years old. kentauros May 2015 #15

By Grabthar's Hammer, what a reference. NuclearDem May 2015 #25

Maybe it's shiny because kentauros May 2015 #49

You're shining me! Eleanors38 May 2015 #43

They're fracking on Ceres? Peace Patriot May 2015 #10

+1000 Thanks for your insights and I'm glad you're still posting here. LongTomH May 2015 #22

What if it's a city? JaneyVee May 2015 #11

Then we attack! pew pew pew! Baclava May 2015 #26

This ought to get the Internet a buzzin' roamer65 May 2015 #12

gotta love this headline - "NASA Releases Best Images Ever of "Alien Lights" on Ceres" Baclava May 2015 #32

I was thinking perhaps a comet. BlueJazz May 2015 #13

NSA Listening Outpost... WillyT May 2015 #14

It could be the exhaust shaft. roamer65 May 2015 #16

The Death Star has problems, though, per their engineers: kentauros May 2015 #52

If there's a monolith in that crater, we should leave it alone.... Sancho May 2015 #17

If NASA calls it swamp gas, we're really in trouble Baclava May 2015 #24

...or an alien "Motel 6". roamer65 May 2015 #18

It's either a glitter bomb, or Binkie The Clown May 2015 #19

I say hair salon shenmue May 2015 #20

Not much smaller than a womp-rat. Codeine May 2015 #21

Win! :) n/t KatyMan May 2015 #42

Just a little mining operation. A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #23

Shoddy cloaking device, probably made in sweatshops on the Sun. Rex May 2015 #27

yeah, well they better stop messing around with our stuff Baclava May 2015 #48

They found my secret base. joshcryer May 2015 #28

you can run, but you can't hide! Baclava May 2015 #33

OH my, that is totally cool n/t Sheepshank May 2015 #38

Even cooler - We're going to Europa! Baclava May 2015 #50

It seems there are several areas with a "brightness." The kicked-up theory seems Eleanors38 May 2015 #44

Elvis concert? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #29

Space Kittehs Warren DeMontague May 2015 #30

Hotblack Desiato and Disaster Area are holding a concert. longship May 2015 #31

Freepers are claiming that Obama made NASA build a safe to hide his birth certificate. Exilednight May 2015 #34

It's an emblem of quality! randome May 2015 #35

It's a Starbucks next to a Starbucks rusty fender May 2015 #36

Ceres: destination of choice for Alzheimer patients. randome May 2015 #37

The corner of West Gray and Shepherd in Houston! Manifestor_of_Light May 2015 #40

It's the end of the Universe! FrodosPet May 2015 #51

The first one is in New York City. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2015 #53

Shit, the Terrans are about to get cheesed hard. NuclearDem May 2015 #39

Sorry, I'm only familiar with Multipass pinboy3niner May 2015 #41

ha - I threw in a Mass Effect 3 endgame screen pic up above and nobody cared Baclava May 2015 #47

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Darn. Moonlight will never be the same again. In_The_Wind May 2015 #46