Crashing Into Europa
Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, has long been suspected to be a potential site for life in our solar system. Beneath its icy surface is an ocean of water, and it is believed that tidal stretching from Jupiter's gravity could provide the energy necessary for life. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are planning a mission entitled the Europa Hyper-Velocity Impactor, whereby an impactor would smash into Europa's surface to probe deeper into its icy surface. The mission would be similar to last year's Deep Impact mission, which smashed a probe into Comet Temple 1. The probe would be expected to smash into Europa's surface at a velocity of 10 km/s, which would allow the probe to penetrate a few meters into the ice. Here is an interview with Karl Hibbitts, one of the researchers working on this project.
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10:42 AM
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Zosia I like your new blog name Emergence says somethings hapening and that is good. the peepers have recently emerged in my back yard and their songs herald springtime with all of it's emergence.
It is my hope that great emerging scientists such as you are allowed to continue your work and reveal more and more of our shared world. So much to discover and yet the growing resistance to reality is disheartening. Promise remains as long as there are hard working inquisitive persons who are able to combine threads from all about life's tapestry and lead to new paradigms and therefore greater confidence in the successful reach of humanity towards the stars and peace in our time.
please keep these interesting posts coming
Jay
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