If I was part of the Europa Clipper project, I would simply be happy to see it healthy and on the way to Europa. It was not at all clear that an SLS rocket woul

If I was part of the Europa Clipper project, I would simply be happy to see it healthy and on the way to Europa. It was not at all clear that an SLS rocket would be available to launch it in the time frame where it would have arrived substantially earlier than it will now, and on top of that there were questions about whether the vibrational environment on SLS would mandate expensive and time-consuming modifications to the spacecraft. All in all, it would not surprise me if it reaches Europa earlier this way. But, of course, we will never know.