All These Worlds are Yours, Except Europa: Attempt no Landing There
Track:
Space
What:
Talk
When:
1:00 PM, Friday 23 Nov 2018
(1 hour 15 minutes)
Where:
Pacific Coast 4 (Formerly Chicago)
How:
Discussion:
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Jupiter’s moon Europa is only slightly smaller than Earth’s moon but is dramatically different: It has a crust of water ice, has almost no craters, and is thought to have a subsurface ocean. Dr. Melora Larson of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory plays a key role in planning Europa Clipper, NASA’s upcoming mission to this exotic moon. She’ll describe the spacecraft, why (in accordance with the film 2010) it will not attempt a landing, and the science Europa Clipper may reveal when it arrives at its destination sometime in the next decade.
