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KaptainKoala t1_ist9i5q wrote

2 years away??? I won't get to Europa until 2030 at the earliest.

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banana_buddy t1_istmusr wrote

You're going to Europa? Thanks for your sacrifice to humanity, no way you come back alive 😂

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alvinofdiaspar t1_isu24fw wrote

Launch is only 2 years away.

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KaptainKoala t1_isu6stn wrote

right but the actual science is 5 to 6 years after that

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alvinofdiaspar t1_isu7gpe wrote

No real way around it - getting to Jupiter takes time (especially for a heavy orbiter that can’t just zip by like the Pioneers, Voyagers or New Horizons - in which case it takes about a year). The SLS can do it in 2 and change, but it isn’t available (or even tested), a good fit with the spacecraft and would cost a neat billion more than FH.

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