Nasa To Hold Press Conference Over Evidence Of "Surprising Activity On Europa

[cider_and_toast]

At least it was a weeks worth of fun before confirming the very thing we already knew.

A chap on the radio today said the ice crust of Europa is up to a mile thick so any drilling mission would be difficult. He also said that a lander could pollute any potential micro organisms by bringing its own pollutants with it. Instead it could just orbit the moon and hoover up samples being released by these jets.

 

[The Pits]

Does anyone have Bruce Willis' phone number?

 

[Titch]

Studies of Europas surface have for a long time suggested cryovolcaniic eruptions associated with fractures and melting. I can't see why it suddenly suggests an ocean underneath, rather than confirming partial melting of ice, but then I don't work for NASA. I suspect the sudden hullabaloo is connected to money.