Joel Janssen
writes: "Again I am not a rocket scientist
and I do not have the experience and wisdom that you all have but I fully
believe that our future is in the private sector not in government funded
projects."
I tend to agree (with the caveat that
governments often play an economic m
My name is Joel
Janssen. I am a poor college student and only joined the list in the last
week. I may be speaking out of turn as a student and not a
scientist but everything said below is with the utmost respect for all of you
and what you have tried to accomplish here:
If so, it's really easy.
Just sign up here:
http://polymathy.org/mailman/listinfo/europa_polymathy.org
or just send me email.
- Joe
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I got started on this when we were still
talking about how to demonstrate a heated object could penetrate ice. I am
sorry to see it ending. I hope that an alternative site becomes available
if/when the US and other can decide to use nuclear rockets for propulsion and
nuclear power for prov
Larry writes:
"I hope everyone on this list will at least
give their thoughts and ideas on how we can explore Europa. You need not
be a rocket scientist to do so. In fact, that might bring a refreshing
perspective to look at the problem in another way."
I am an absolute amateur, but when
When you want something really badly, the tendency
is toward optimism. The fact there seems to be not
a lot of that here about a Europa mission really
gives one pause. We have a long way to go.
I have little faith that the US will ever fund a
another mission on the order of Cassini. But the
Joe Latrell writes, in part:
"A true realist is just an optimist who is not afraid to roll up the
sleeves,
dive into the details, and do the hard work to realize the ideal."
Actually, a true realist looks closely at ideals first. If they haven't been
realized yet, the true realist often asks wh
