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Warren DeMontague

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9. Here's something cool to think about, re: that. We may not need to.

Wed Sep 21, 2016, 02:15 AM

Sep 2016

At least, not to get some real data on if there is life down there and what it's all about.

That reddish stuff on the surface? Job one should be to sample that.

https://www.caltech.edu/news/window-europas-ocean-lies-right-surface-38813

based on some of the first data of its kind since NASA's Galileo mission (1989–2003) to study Jupiter and its moons, suggests that there is a chemical exchange between the ocean and surface, making the ocean a richer chemical environment, and implies that learning more about the ocean could be as simple as analyzing the moon's surface.

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NASA to Announce 'Surprising' Europa Discovery Monday [View all] opiate69 Sep 2016 OP

Good stuff!!!! tonyt53 Sep 2016 #1

better be something more than an amino acid Cayenne Sep 2016 #6

K&R Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #2

Nice! opiate69 Sep 2016 #3

I think odds are decent we find some form of life in the next couple decades. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #4

lol. That, they do. opiate69 Sep 2016 #5

Now if only we could drop a probe deep into Europa sakabatou Sep 2016 #7

Yeah. Mika Sep 2016 #8

Here's something cool to think about, re: that. We may not need to. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #9

I was blown away to find out that there's more water on Europa than there is on Earth. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #10

I know, that just seems to defy logic.... opiate69 Sep 2016 #13

Thanks for this great surprise! It's a reason to look forward to Monday. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2016 #11

Arthur C Clarke was right !! SCantiGOP Sep 2016 #12

"All these worlds are yours, except Europa." nt Javaman Sep 2016 #14

Kick (nt) NeoGreen Sep 2016 #15

"Possible water plumes", apparently. opiate69 Sep 2016 #16