About future missions to Jupiter's moon Europa. I love the romanticised name, Europa Clipper, but at this stage it's all on the drawing board. The concept looks at 40 odd flybys as the craft orbits Jupiter with various instruments.
I realise it's a feat just to get to Jupiter, and this plan is possibly more difficult to pull off than I know. But if you want to go study Europa why not get in close and orbit the moon itself?
Perhaps the radiation is too high or something. But whatever the reason I'm glad they are thinking of sending a mission at all. Just think what some startling results might bring the world.
We'll just have to hope we don't receive a message from HAL.
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