Re:Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Oceans, Thick Atmosphere
by ryanwaggoner on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @04:21PM
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OT, but can we send a damn probe to Europa already? I want to know if there's liquid oceans there, and if so, do they harbor life? It's in our freaking solar system, for crying out loud!
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Re:Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Oceans, Thick Atmosphere
by rms on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @04:45PM
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Sounds like it will get there eventually. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02...
Re:Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Oceans, Thick Atmosphere
by lutorm on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @06:37PM
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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?
Re:Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Oceans, Thick Atmosphere
by hugh_ on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @07:16PM
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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.