The ambition to conquer Europa

NASA is planning to deploy a daring mission, that is, for robots to Jupiter's full moon, Europa, which is hoped to nurture life.

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The US Aeronautics and Space Administration said it spent $ 15 million in the 2015 fiscal year draft budget to start planning a mission to Europa.

Specific details have not been decided yet, but NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson said the ship carrying robots could be launched in the mid-2020s.

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Robinson said the high radiation environment around Jupiter and the distance between the planet and Earth are difficult challenges for the new mission, according to AFP.

When NASA launched Galileo to Jupiter in 1989, it took six years for the ship to reach the fifth planet from the sun.

Laurie Leshin, an astronomer from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA), commented that this is a daring mission to conquer a convincing celestial body.

In the past, NASA cruise ships used to fly across Europa, namely Galileo, but no mission focused on Jupiter's moon.

Last year, scientists discovered liquid water pillars sprayed on the surface of Europa, sparking the hope that the object may have some form of life.