NASA planning a mission to Europa to determine if it’s habitable

by Larra Morris

The White House’s 2016 budget request for NASA is $18.5 billion dollars, and a large chunk of that sweet, sweet space cash is going to fund a mission to“the destination within the solar system most likely to harbor current life“: Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa.

The budget requests $30 million dollars for the Europa mission, signalling that the White House is fully behind their plans to invest more time in exploring our solar system’s outer planets. This money will go towards “project formulation” for Europa, a mission which would launch in the mid-2020s.
via The Mary Sue

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NASA planning a mission to Europa to determine if it’s habitable

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