Thursday, August 8, 2013

Exploring Europa

Even though NASA has no plans at the moment to send a probe to Jupiter's moon, Europa, it has had a team of scientists work out the instruments such a probe should carry.  They include an imager, a chemical analyzer, a radiation meter, and a drill capable of boring four inches into solid ice.

Scientists believe Europa has a huge ocean inside its icy shell that could support life.

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