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How difficult would it be to send a probe to Europa?
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I was just looking at the wikepedia page on europa and it looks absoulutley likeley that there is life there, right now!
My reasoning for this is a combination of a lot of things but some of them are: Oxygen atmosphere, Not very many craters\impact sites, LIQUID WATER.The ice is very thick in places but scans from the Galileo mission show thin pats in the ice, easy for a small lander to penetrate with enough heat.
So my question is why aren't scientist in general paying more attention to Europa, it seems like a very easy target for a small probe, dedicated to taking orbital photographs(possibly even a landing)?
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