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Re:Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Oceans, Thick Atmosphere by lutorm on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @06:37PM (#1000025)
That article is weird. They already sent a probe to Titan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_probe

Maybe it doesn't count if NASA doesn't build it?

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Re:Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Oceans, Thick Atmosphere by hugh_ on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @07:16PM (#1000092)
They did already send a probe to Titan, but the Europa probe project was in direct competition with a project to send another probe to Titan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_Saturn_System_Mission

This one would have included a lake lander and a balloon, and would have been generally neat-o, however I agree with NASA that Europa should be a higher priority for now.

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