Astronomy / Space Nasa announces one of Saturn's moons could support alien life in our solar system

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Lngjohnsilver1 said:
Theorised by Kubrick and Clarke in 1968 so yeah - welcome to the party NASA!
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You are confusing things - the premise was that the Jovian moon Europa might have life and so the instructions to humanity were " All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together. Use them in peace."

Kubrick was a director, not an author (except for screenplays) or science visionary, which of course Arthur C Clarke was.

Saturn was used by Clarke in the novel (the moon Iapetus was the target of the mission, the monolith's signal having been targeted there) but Kubrick persuaded the change to use Jupiter.
 
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MalcYorks said:
You are confusing things

Saturn was used by Clarke in the novel but Kubrick persuaded the change to use Jupiter.
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Ahh yeah sort of confusing things but also sort of not - point is 'its' (or at least the idea that some moons in our Solar system might be harbingers of life) been theorised for a while!
 

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Lngjohnsilver1 said:
Ahh yeah sort of confusing things but also sort of not - point is 'its' (or at least the idea that some moons in our Solar system might be harbingers of life) been theorised for a while!
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Certainly, and you might be interested in this ESA mission:

http://sci.esa.int/juice/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer

The Russians also are planning an exo-biology mission involving a lander on Gannymede.

Europa - destined missions by NASA are in confusion as I believe all were cancelled and the proposed Europa Clipper has not firmed up.
 
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