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NASA’s Europa lander may be in jeopardy after the midterms
- stevenwoo 8y agoThe article says that no one at NASA wanted a lander on this time schedule, they wanted a flyby first as there was scientific consensus for that mission to try to figure out what type of landing would be possible, the headline seems misleading in being too succinct. The lander first path was one congressman's pet project which ignored the agency's desire (as indicated by consensus) and normal plans for such a target.