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Europa The smallest of four Galilean moon of Jupiter Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei Study between 1995 and 2003 with the spacecraft Galileo. Jupiter and this Galilean moons : Callisto, Europa, Io, Ganymede
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Life … in Europa ? Surface is composed of water ice Possibility of water beneath the frozen ice crust. Possibility of oxygen A prominent double-ridge feature on Europa, most likely a crack in the icy shell Hypothesis : warm ice rising up through the colder ice of the outer crust Life in the Crack ?
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Future missions For know if live exist, one solution : go to explore Europa The next project : Launch a rover. Objective : - Travel the Ice Water - Then explored the ocean A robot like DepthX Robot for Mission to Europa. DepthX : autonomous underwater vehicle The date of launch is unknown at this time, around 2026.
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Life on Mars ? Explore since a long time : – Spacecraft, satellite. On the off chance to find life. Some theories : – Life had existed before life on Earth – Life had never existed on Mars – ??? For observing mars : robot has been launched : Curiosity
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Curiosity rover Mission : Biological, Geological andgeochemical Planetary process and Surface radiation Launch Date : 26 November 2011 Mars landing : 5 August 2012
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Recently Descoveries Martian Rock with strange properties.
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Environmental Water Distance of a star : – Temperature : which determine the presence of liquid water – Light : for vegetable – The quantity of toxic radiation (ex : UV)
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Environmental The nature of Sky (Oxyhen, methane co2 ?) Chemical nature of the oceans Electrical discharge (lightning) The mass of the planet and of the star
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Silicon life on Earth is built upon carbon Another element build life ? Possibility of life build upon Silicon But questioned : Carbon is usely than Silicon, and different inertia.
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Other Chemical element Oxygen Nitrate Fer
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