NASA Will Send the plane to Jupiter

His job to find out whether Europa, Jupiter's moons, allowingfor occupancy.
The plane was carrying a robot that will land on the surface ofEuropa. (matus1976.com)

  Many mysterious things that surrounds Europa, one ofJupiter's moon. But NASA researchers seem to believe there is a hidden ocean of water beneath the surface of the ice-covered moon.

The theory of the existence of ocean water beneath the surface of Europa seems to be absolutely proven by the end of this decade. A number of astronomers from the Jet PropulsionLaboratory (JPL) to design a mission that will bring the planelanding on Europa in the next 2026 years. The plane will bring the robot to landing on the surface of Europa.

Quoted from Engadget, December 16, 2011, the missionobjective is to determine whether the rocks in there to supportthe existence of life.

Of course, the mission will not be easy. Because Jupiterenveloped month with a highly concentrated radiation. Even so, the researchers estimated, they can overcome that problem bysending an extra landing aircraft as a backup and make the mission lasts as short as possible.

In NASA's plan, the robot weighs 317 pounds will be put ashore, equipped with a mass spectrometer, seismometer,and a number of kemera to look for organic chemicals that maybe in the ice that month.

The planes themselves will not use the protective layer. For that, they will just be around the planet Jupiter for about 7 days.It is also to avoid damage from radiation.

Currently, the mission is still in the concept stage. However,JPL hoped would be able to send a robot lander was in 2020.According to Kevin Hand, one of JPL, the mission is merely to determine whether it could be the month where people lived ornot. NASA does not expect to find any signs of previous life on Europa. (kd)

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