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## Video: NASA Wants To Explore Jupiter Moon For Water, Life?

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_Published 2015-02-21. NASA astronauts may soon be headed to Jupiter to research if there could be life on one of the planet’s icy moons._


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## Transcript

NASA astronauts may soon be headed to Jupiter to research if there could be life on one of the planet's icy moons. Scientists plan to research the surface of Europa, which NASA has long thought to have the liquid water, chemical elements, and energy source needed to sustain basic lifeforms. The current plan would involve a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter and snapping photos of the moon's surface. But scientists are also searching for ways to collect and analyze plumes of water vapor erupting from Europa's surface. The Hubble Space Telescope first spotted the plumes in 2012. Europa's icy shell is widely believed to be covering an ocean of water, and the plumes could be a way to sample that water.

But what exactly would researchers be looking for in the vapor samples? It seems there are a variety of opinions. One NASA astrobiologist told National Geographic researchers to look for amino acid which organisms use to build protein. But a researcher at the University of Glasgow also told the publication complex molecules made up of different types of atoms typically indicate signs of life. The White House included $ 30 million in NASA's budget for fiscal year 2016 to plan the Europa mission. The entire mission is eventually expected to cost much more, $ 2. 1 billion, and could launch as early as 2022.

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