Are you or were you aware that we could potentially have another planet/moon to colonize? Well it's your lucky day because today I'm covering the Jupiter moon, Europa,. As in the last current events project I did, I'm going over something still related to space but essential. On another note, Ill be summing up almost everything related to Europa even including satellites that landed there. Now lets fly on over to the next paragraph, shall we. Can we actually live on this planet? First off, Europa is one of 27 moons of Jupiter. Ranging from 3,100 km in size, of course it's big enough to live on but the important thing is its composition. The moon is composed of water, iron, nickel, and silicon so it's possible to live on but the biggest problem is the crust layer. Like Earth's poles, the surface is covered in ice and below the ice is water, but a bigger question is "Are these materials safe?". The water situation is still a mystery but the atmosphere is safe although tenuous though. Tenuous means very slight and weak so the radiation levels must kill there. The atmosphere is composed of oxygen and contains water vapor saying that its hydrogen which mixes with oxygen to make water. …show more content…
sent there. Although it was discovered in 1610, no spacecraft was ever sent until about 360 years later in the 70's when the pioneer spacecraft was sent. Since it only takes 6 years to travel to, by 2026-2027 is when the next spacecraft called the clipper is suppose to be set in orbit around orbit. It could be actually possible to land a spacecraft on Europa if NASA advances technological items such as making them fireproof. The number 1 reason that we cannot get a spacecraft to space is because it will burn up or crash. Soon hopefully we could land a spacecraft on