Wednesday, March 25, 2015

NASA to Visit Europa

On Febuary 2nd 2015 the United States congress approved a budget of $130 million towards a NASA mission to one of Jupiter's moons, Europa. This amount is what has been given currently, the budget will increase as the mission developes. Europa is a frozen moon containing more water than  Earth. Although the surface is frozen the moons oribt around Jupiter causes the moon to move inside.  That engery then heats the water so it remains liquid beneath the ice. On earth whereever there is water there is life, this is what NASA hopes to find. Life outside of earth has never been discovered and Europa has all the ingredients. The mission is currently set to launch in mid 2020's starting with the Europa Clipper to fly by and study the moon before any landing mission is launched.




source: http://www.space.com/28436-nasa-europa-mission-white-house.html

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