The Galileo results convincingly indicate that Europa has a deep salty ocean covered by a shell of water ice a few tens of kilometers thick; this physical description gives rise to a host of thoughtful speculation as to the nature of the ocean, its seafloor, and the likelihood of microbial life within it. We argue that this situation points to the high desirability of a series of in-situ missions to examine the ice and, ultimately, the ocean.


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    Title :

    Continued evolution of Europa subsurface exploration technologies


    Contributors:
    Carsey, F. D. (author) / Hecht, M. H. (author) / Lane, A. L. (author) / Mogensen, C. (author) / Zimmerman, W. (author)

    Conference:

    Europa Focus Group


    Publication date :

    2002-05-14


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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