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alvinofdiaspar t1_isu8x1s wrote

Reply to comment by the6thReplicant in The Europa Clipper mission may be as exciting as a manned mars mission and it’s only two years away by Wide-Escape-5618

There is a fair chance Dragonfly won’t see liquid - the mission is targeted to near equatorial areas, not the poles where the mares (seas) are.

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StrangeTangerine1525 t1_isuknk2 wrote

There are equatorial oases fed by underground aquifers though, but I don’t think Dragonfly is landing near one of those either, I wonder if it kinda fly far enough to reach one.

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alvinofdiaspar t1_isuq9yx wrote

There are suggestions of sporadic rainfall and fluvial activity in the equatorial band so it isn’t impossible to see liquid - but it may present challenges.

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