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Isn't Europa (and the jovian system in general) unlikely to host life because of Io's wake of radioactive pollution anyways?
by pengaru 3y ago
Isn't Europa (and the jovian system in general) unlikely to host life because of Io's wake of radioactive pollution anyways?
- accrual 3y agoI assume the 15-25km ice shell and underlying ocean block most of the radiation.
- itishappy 3y agoWe believe Europa houses liquid water in subsurface oceans, which are shielded by kilometers of ice.
- lostemptations5 3y agoHow would this 15-25km of ice be explorable anyways by a probe. It seems incredibly deep...
- pvaldes 3y agoradioactive probe maybe