Wales and its similarity to Jupiter's moon, Europa?
@philip-evans
02/22/14 09:09:20PM
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@c-reg-jones
02/22/14 06:30:25AM
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Excellent link, so funny :D
@gaynor-madoc-leonard
07/12/13 07:27:18PM
302 posts
The Times tells us today that scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) is using an MoD firing range at Pendine Sands to simulate a mission to Jupiter's frozen moon, Europa. While tourists frolic in the sunshine, a few miles away, a team of scientists is simulating a penetration mission to Europa. The surface of Europa is represented by a huge ice cube which is proving difficult to keep cold in the current weather. A probe will be fired along 300m of railway into the block. The idea is that within a decade, a real probe can be sent to Europa to do some drilling and beam back information to Earth. The mission will take 8 years to reach Europa so many of us will be gaga or in the Elysian Fields by then.
Of course, what they don't realise is that the Welsh Space Agency have already reached Jupiter and Europa. See www.welshspaceagency.org
updated by @gaynor-madoc-leonard: 11/11/15 10:38:57PM