Ok, ok. I know what you're already thinking. And you're probably right. However, have we ever shot a hardened missile at a planet or planetary object? Bunker Busters are obviously very expensive, however, one specially designed specifically to penetrate, without (or with) an explosive payload to get as far down as possible might... work? Or maybe just a solid rod of tungsten/industrial Dimond, some kind of composite material, slam it into a plume vent, see how deep it goes, how it behaves, and then possibly send a few more on top of that in the same spot. The last carrying a little ROV sub to get under the ice? Communication with the surface would probably require some type of radiation hardened starlink-like thing that could come by and pick up the signal before it gets cooked by radiation and send back data? Idk. I've been thinking about this for a while but don't really have anyone to share it with.

Looking for something that ideally tracks the craft's position in real time or an animation or even image (with a timeline) of the path that Europa Clipper will be taking through the system?

Like, I know it's gonna loop around Mars, and then back around Earth, but what is the rough timeframe for that?

Thank you <3

I got the rather expensive ticket to view the launch from KSC, scheduled for 12:31pm. I'll be solo so if anyone else is going and wants to hang out that morning on the lawn at the Apollo/Saturn V Center, let me know!

Hi everyone, i joined this sub because I have been interested in life on other planets close to us which europa is the top contender for, and was wondering what everyone's opinions/facts are