Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA “Scientists re-examining data from an old mission bring new insights to the tantalizing question of whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has the […]
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Culberson Talks About Europa on PBS NewsHour
I recently joined @milesobrien to discuss NASA & the exploration of Europa. Tune in to @NewsHour tomorrow to watch the interview! pic.twitter.com/E70E8sU5Gd — John Culberson (@CongCulberson) April 11, 2017
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Water Plumes on Europa
Evidence of Water Vapor Plumes on Europa, NASA “Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. […]
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Congress Just Ordered NASA To Go To Europa – Twice
House tells NASA to stop messing around, start planning two Europa missions “As part of the mission to Europa, Culberson would also like to send a lander to the surface […]
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Planetary Society's Confused Messaging
NASA’s New Budget Would Gut Europa But Otherwise Support Planetary Exploration, Planetary Society “Europa isn’t Mars, and studying and eventually getting humans to Mars is NASA’s current overriding goal. Pure […]
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Planetary Society's Drive-By Analysis of Europa Lander
Attempt no landing there? Yeah right we’re going to Europa, Ars Technica “NASA is very publicly planning a mission to Europa in the 2020s, one that will soar over the […]
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Charlie Bolden Is Afraid of Europa. Congress Is Not.
Congress: NASA must not only go to Europa, it must land, Ars Technica “NASA’s administrator, Charles Bolden, has accepted the Europa mission only grudgingly. When NASA didn’t ask for Europa […]
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Is A NASA Mission to Europa Real?
NASA Wants to Explore Europa On the Cheap, Planetary Society “Over the past few years, JPL and APL has been working on a reduced-cost Europa concept called the Europa Clipper, […]
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Europa Questions
If We Landed on Europa, What Would We Want to Know?, NASA “Most of what scientists know of Jupiter’s moon Europa they have gleaned from a dozen or so close […]
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Is NASA SMD Following the Decadal Survey?
Let NASA Pursue a Balanced Planetary Exploration Program, Planetary Society “We must also emphasize that the serious budget cuts to NASA’s Planetary Science Division have not been averted. The new […]