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Is there life on Jupiter's moons? Juice may hold the key

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/21/world/jupiter-juice-mission/index.html

By Dave Gilbert, CNN

CNN

August 21, 2015

Madison Williams

Before I read this article I thought that there was no way that there might be life or water in our solar system, but now I think otherwise. After reading this article I believe that there is a chance that water might be on one of Jupiter’s moons. The scientists at NASA are working on developing a probe called JUICE and preparing to launch it into space and land on three of Jupiter's moons, Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. I believe that after the launch of the probe, results will give ideas into what is on other moons and planets.

The probe is scheduled to take a 7 year journey. It will travel to three of Jupiter’s moons: Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The launch site hasn’t been announced but NASA, the organization that’s launching the probe, normally launches from either Cape Canaveral, Florida or Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The launch is scheduled for 2022.  The journey will affect NASA, and people around the world by making new discoveries. NASA thinks there could be oceans hidden underneath the moon's crust. "The mission aims to try to confirm this and find out how deep they are,"  said the project scientist for the JUICE mission, Olivier Witasse. This is a really good way to get to the point because the whole article is about if there’s water and the search for life. I really feel like this quote describes the search and moves science forward. I chose this article because I'm really interested in the advance in science in space! I hope that they find some water on the moons because it would be super interesting.

Works Cited

“Is there life on Jupiter’s moons? Juice may hold the key.” CNN. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2016. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/21/world/jupiter-juice-mission/index.html>.