Put science back in the driver’s seat

Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in April 2030, to perform repeated close flybys of one of giant Jupiter’s enigmatic moons, Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Science at NASA is becoming a hitchhiker. After decades in the driver’s seat, where dedicated science missions made historic discoveries such as alien oceans, the accelerating universe and potential biosignatures on Mars, the agency now asks science to stand with its thumb out, waiting for rides on spacecraft designed for other purposes. This is not […]

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