Die NASA zieht den Stecker Europa Lander, aber Wissenschaftler schlagen einen Plan B: Enceladus vor
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-pulls-the-plug-on-europa-lander-but-scientists-propose-a-plan-b-2000611741
Die NASA zieht den Stecker Europa Lander, aber Wissenschaftler schlagen einen Plan B: Enceladus vor
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-pulls-the-plug-on-europa-lander-but-scientists-propose-a-plan-b-2000611741
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Nobody cares about Enceladus, I would even prefer some sort of orbiter on Europa to further study the Shifting ice, Emissions, Geology, Take photos over anything they want to do on Enceladus. Doesn’t have to be a lander but at least send something to the most interesting moon in our solar system.
Really sad. We need a lander on Europa if Europa Clipper sees a good habitat for life and the head scientists seemed sceptical that Enceladus would have life. So just not sending a lander could really hurt our chances at finding life
Thanks Trump and Elon. You both ruined another solid NASA program due to being completely inept.
Enceladus was targeted in the decadal survey. The idea is to have a combination orbiter/lander. Europa lander was always iffy given the high radiation environment on Europa’s surface. Basically we could get a max of 30 days on the surface possible less.
Europa Lander was dead the minute Culberson lost his seat in TX back in 2019.
Honestly, this kind of news hits hard. Europa has always felt like one of our best bets for finding life, and now we’re pulling back just as we’re getting close? Feels like walking up to the gates of something huge and deciding not to knock.
Enceladus is cool, sure but this “Plan B” sounds more like a consolation prize. We’re running out of time and momentum, and dropping the lander now could mean missing the one shot we had at something truly groundbreaking.
Damn I was hoping to see that in my lifetime. Almost 40. Sadly having doubts about space exploration.
In the 90’s early 2000’s I was so excited for the future. Now I barely follow space things and the only headlines I read are like this.