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		All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there (france24.com)		89
		More: Interesting, Europa, Applied Physics Laboratory, moons of Jupiter, icy moons, robotic spacecraft, landing, voyager spacecraft, Johns Hopkins University in Maryland

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cman		2013-02-17 09:57:28 AM

This is news?

I thought this was already known for years

Ennuipoet		2013-02-17 10:25:23 AM

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

the801		2013-02-17 10:41:37 AM

cman: This is news?

I thought this was already known for years

i'm pretty sure i read a book about it maybe 25 years ago. so, it's news, but not the new kind of news.

Mister Peejay		2013-02-17 11:24:44 AM

This news is so old that it's the reason for the line quoted in the headline.

What's next? Breaking story: Jupiter is REALLY FREAKIN BIG?

Deacon Blue		2013-02-17 11:24:49 AM

So, Europa is our solar systems version of the big red button labeled "DO NOT PUSH"?

Xythero		2013-02-17 11:25:31 AM

It's news because now we actually have to technology to find out if it's true.

texdent		2013-02-17 11:33:04 AM

Does Europa have oil?

loki see loki do		2013-02-17 11:33:36 AM

Deacon Blue: So, Europa is our solar systems version of the big red button labeled "DO NOT PUSH"?

Or maybe a forbidden fruit?

Trashy		2013-02-17 11:36:28 AM

For those confused about the title Read more or watch a horrible Roy Scheider movie..

Huggermugger		2013-02-17 11:36:38 AM

I thought it was Enceladus orbiting around Saturn that was the likeliest place.

Fark Rye For Many Whores		2013-02-17 11:36:45 AM

Something from that series turned out to be vaguely correct, like maybe the subsurface composition of Europa. After the discovery the NASA team called him to joke with him about it.

Mister Peejay		2013-02-17 11:38:17 AM

texdent: Does Europa have oil?

No, but the gas planets have methane.

Evil Mackerel		2013-02-17 11:38:21 AM

texdent: Does Europa have oil?

No but, it does have a montain that is one giant dimond.

White_Scarf_Syndrome		2013-02-17 11:38:37 AM

You know what? I LIKED that movie. And the book was great too.

Clemkadidlefark		2013-02-17 11:38:57 AM

Ennuipoet: ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

What you said ....

LewDux		2013-02-17 11:39:02 AM

Especially if you're Taikonaut

Evil Mackerel		2013-02-17 11:40:51 AM

Mister Peejay: texdent: Does Europa have oil?

No, but the gas planets have methane.

I could see humans putting and orbitail refineries around Neptune.
A last stp gas station before you leave the system as it where.

texdent		2013-02-17 11:42:03 AM

Evil Mackerel: Mister Peejay: texdent: Does Europa have oil?

No, but the gas planets have methane.

I could see humans putting and orbitail refineries around Neptune.
A last stp gas station before you leave the system as it where.

Then what would Uranus have?

Evil Mackerel		2013-02-17 11:42:12 AM

Ennuipoet: ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

That was Pluto.

Fark Rye For Many Whores		2013-02-17 11:43:10 AM

JPL and the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland developed a new exploration project named Clipper with a total coast of two billion dollars minus the launch.

What a Hopkins coast Clipper minus the launch might look like
3.bp.blogspot.com

TehBoognish		2013-02-17 11:47:03 AM

/approves

Brick-House		2013-02-17 11:47:30 AM

We should go check it out...

www.keithmcneill.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Evil Mackerel		2013-02-17 11:50:00 AM

Brick-House: We should go check it out...

[www.keithmcneill.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk image 800x533]

Agreed!

TheOther		2013-02-17 11:51:37 AM

texdent: Evil Mackerel: Mister Peejay: texdent: Does Europa have oil?

No, but the gas planets have methane.

I could see humans putting and orbitail refineries around Neptune.
A last stp gas station before you leave the system as it where.

Then what would Uranus have?

Uthane.

juhis		2013-02-17 11:51:50 AM

White_Scarf_Syndrome: You know what? I LIKED that movie. And the book was great too.

me too

Brick-House		2013-02-17 11:54:28 AM

TheOther: texdent: Evil Mackerel: Mister Peejay: texdent: Does Europa have oil?

No, but the gas planets have methane.

I could see humans putting and orbitail refineries around Neptune.
A last stp gas station before you leave the system as it where.

Then what would Uranus have?

Uthane.

Have you posted in the Fart Thread yet?

reillan		2013-02-17 11:54:59 AM

texdent: Does Europa have oil?

That's really why we sent Cassini to Titan...

dittybopper		2013-02-17 11:55:11 AM

texdent: Does Europa have oil?

No, it's where they find Spock.

eraser8		2013-02-17 11:55:47 AM

White_Scarf_Syndrome: You know what? I LIKED that movie. And the book was great too.

I liked it, too.

Of course, I was just a little kid who was pretty easy to please.

Any Pie Left		2013-02-17 11:56:59 AM

Earlier proposed mission: "An orbiter, lander, and thermal ice-melting probe, with detachable ROV minisub, to burrow thru the ice and check out the ocean under the ice. Because we're farking AMERICA, and that's how AMERICANS do Farking SPACE exploration."

Stripped-down mission: "Well, you can look at it from a distance every time you swing around the primary."

Now down to:

"Hey, ESA, can we hitch a ride for one of our instruments? Promise we won't take up too much room? Pretty-please?"

I has a sad. farking Congress and farking military budgets for two wars, plus farking tax breaks for the rich.

kyleaugustus		2013-02-17 11:57:56 AM

Evil Mackerel: Brick-House: We should go check it out...

[www.keithmcneill.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk image 800x533]

Agreed!

I'll chip in a few bucks, but I don't want a fly-by mission. I want the plan for a Europa lander and drill.

JosephFinn		2013-02-17 11:58:50 AM

eraser8: White_Scarf_Syndrome: You know what? I LIKED that movie. And the book was great too.

I liked it, too.

Of course, I was just a little kid who was pretty easy to please.

Hell, I caught it again at age 39 and it holds up pretty well. Nice group of actors, including Helen Mirren who I didn;t even remember was in it.

Kevin72		2013-02-17 11:59:17 AM

Trashy: For those confused about the title Read more or watch a horrible Roy Scheider movie..

This guy?

wodumedia.com

dittybopper		2013-02-17 11:59:20 AM

White_Scarf_Syndrome: You know what? I LIKED that movie.

It was actually a very, very good movie.

The reason people hate it is because it's a completely different movie from the first one, but honestly, I end up watching 2010 more often than I watch 2001 simply because while it's more watchable. That doesn't mean it's necessarily *BETTER*, just more watchable.

SpdrJay		2013-02-17 11:59:52 AM

I've saod it before and I'll say it again.

If I ever get a spaceship, the very first place I will go is Europa.

Once there I will stomp around randomly, grabbing my crotch, and doing a punk version of "Climb Every Mountain."

So there.

Evil Mackerel		2013-02-17 12:00:26 PM

kyleaugustus: Evil Mackerel: Brick-House: We should go check it out...

[www.keithmcneill.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk image 800x533]

Agreed!

I'll chip in a few bucks, but I don't want a fly-by mission. I want the plan for a Europa lander and drill.

Land untouched by man...I see where your going.

Full Blown Jimbo		2013-02-17 12:02:35 PM

It might be full of Ramans.

dittybopper		2013-02-17 12:03:48 PM

dittybopper		2013-02-17 12:04:31 PM

Full Blown Jimbo: It might be full of Ramans.

Touched by his noodly appendage?

PreMortem		2013-02-17 12:12:08 PM

Better send in the Space Marines first, and be prepared to nuke it from orbit.

Just sayin

Charles_Nelson_Reilly		2013-02-17 12:14:50 PM

2061 > 2010 > 2001

InstaZen25		2013-02-17 12:16:13 PM

Nice, a little ACC shoutout. Looks like I have a dvd to add to Netflix.

Seth'n'Spectrum		2013-02-17 12:18:46 PM

Explore Europa? Nah, we just had a comet event. Better wait to bring your stability up a bit.

Horsebolt McStabledoor		2013-02-17 12:19:49 PM

cman: This is news?

I thought this was already known for years

yeah, headline sucks, the news is a new exploration project

At the request of NASA, a proposed mission to explore Europa was revised to significantly reduce the cost, the scientist told the media on the sidelines of an annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) underway here.

As a result of this review, the JPL and the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland developed a new exploration project named Clipper with a total coast of two billion dollars minus the launch.

But NASA already announced at the end of 2012 that there will be no funds for the Clipper mission in the current atmosphere of budgetary cuts, he said.

The headline might have been

"US too cheap to search for life on Europa"

but who would have green-lit that? :-)

MythDragon		2013-02-17 12:20:08 PM

We sent a probe there but this is all we got back
digitalpolyphony.webs.com

It was like 25 minutes of this shiat.

MemeSlave		2013-02-17 12:23:32 PM

Any Pie Left: Earlier proposed mission: "An orbiter, lander, and thermal ice-melting probe, with detachable ROV minisub, to burrow thru the ice and check out the ocean under the ice. Because we're farking AMERICA, and that's how AMERICANS do Farking SPACE exploration."

Stripped-down mission: "Well, you can look at it from a distance every time you swing around the primary."

Now down to:

"Hey, ESA, can we hitch a ride for one of our instruments? Promise we won't take up too much room? Pretty-please?"

I has a sad. farking Congress and farking military budgets for two wars, plus farking tax breaks for the rich.

-1/10

dittybopper		2013-02-17 12:24:14 PM

MythDragon: We sent a probe there but this is all we got back
[digitalpolyphony.webs.com image 472x288]

It was like 25 minutes of this shiat.

Psychedelic vagina.

Uncle Tractor		2013-02-17 12:26:28 PM

TehBoognish: [www.timjarvis.com image 655x820]

i560.photobucket.com

White_Scarf_Syndrome		2013-02-17 12:45:07 PM

JosephFinn: eraser8: White_Scarf_Syndrome: You know what? I LIKED that movie. And the book was great too.

I liked it, too.

Of course, I was just a little kid who was pretty easy to please.

Hell, I caught it again at age 39 and it holds up pretty well. Nice group of actors, including Helen Mirren who I didn;t even remember was in it.

I caught it again last year at 31. I think the actors did as best they could with the writing, which still was good to me. It definitely holds up. I wish they stuck to the book and landed though. They did manage to create some good suspense with the movie version though. I was scared.

dready zim		2013-02-17 12:45:41 PM

Look! Cities and roads on Europa!

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