I'm Alan Olga and this is clear and vivid conversations about connecting and communicating. When I first started doing planetary science, when I first started studying Europa, and for

most of that time an intern, and it was the most exciting

exciting internship that I'd ever had and the most interesting science that I'd

ever done.

I kind of knew, you know, something in my gut said,

you're this excited about this you remain this

excited about studying Europa this is probably what you're supposed to do for your

career this is what you need to be doing. That's Lynet quick. She's a member of a large team of planetary scientists

who for years have been Redding NASA's most important mission

to the outer solar system in a quarter century. It's called the Clipper mission and it's going to study Europa, one of the

moons of Jupiter. Clipper's launch was delayed by Hurricane Milton, but it's now set to

to launch in the next few days.

It came as a surprise to me at least

that one of the mission's goals is to explore the possibility that Europa could harbor life

despite being shrouded in a thick blanket of ice.

This is going to be fun for me because I want to hear all about your favorite

Celestial body in our solar system, which is Europa, right?

That's right, Europa.

One of the moons of Jupiter.

One of the Galileo satellites, that's right.

And it seems odd to me as a lay person to think that this

moon that's covered with ice is going to be a way you're liable to find life in

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