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    From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 14 06:23:48 2023
    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-environment-65258309

    fter that there’s an eight-year journey ahead before Juice reaches its destination in 2031.

    For a few years the spacecraft will be orbiting Jupiter, performing close flybys of Jupiter's moons - but in 2034 it will get into orbit around Ganymede, before the mission comes to an end in 2035.

    By then scientists will only just be starting to get to grips with the data that’s been sent back - their work on trying to understand these mysterious moons will continue even further into the future.

    Hope, I live that long to see it!
    😭

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sun Apr 16 19:00:59 2023
    On Friday, 14 April 2023 at 09:23:50 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-environment-65258309

    fter that there’s an eight-year journey ahead before Juice reaches its destination in 2031.

    For a few years the spacecraft will be orbiting Jupiter, performing close flybys of Jupiter's moons - but in 2034 it will get into orbit around Ganymede

    Kind of odd. Ganymede is one of the least interesting of the moons. Europa, Io, more interesting.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Sun Apr 16 20:13:07 2023
    On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 7:01:01 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    On Friday, 14 April 2023 at 09:23:50 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-environment-65258309

    fter that there’s an eight-year journey ahead before Juice reaches its destination in 2031.

    For a few years the spacecraft will be orbiting Jupiter, performing close flybys of Jupiter's moons - but in 2034 it will get into orbit around Ganymede
    Kind of odd. Ganymede is one of the least interesting of the moons. Europa, Io, more interesting.

    It may have water?
    Ganymede, or Jupiter III, is the largest and most massive natural satellite of Jupiter as well as in the Solar System.0 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede.1 Europe is spending $1.
    7 billion to visit Ganymede in late 2034 or 2035, making it the first spacecraft ever to orbit a moon other than our own.2

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Sun Apr 16 20:19:12 2023
    On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 7:01:01 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    On Friday, 14 April 2023 at 09:23:50 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-environment-65258309

    fter that there’s an eight-year journey ahead before Juice reaches its destination in 2031.

    For a few years the spacecraft will be orbiting Jupiter, performing close flybys of Jupiter's moons - but in 2034 it will get into orbit around Ganymede
    Kind of odd. Ganymede is one of the least interesting of the moons. Europa, Io, more interesting.

    https://scitechdaily.com/images/Scientists-Suspect-Ganymede-Has-a-Massive-Ocean-Under-an-Icy-Crust.jpg

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