Mission to Europa

Beneath the ice on one of Jupiter’s four big moons is at least as much liquid water as there is on Earth. Going there may answer one of life’s big questions: are we alone in the universe?

The scientific event of the year was the launch of the Europa Clipper mission in one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets on Oct. 14, writes Gwynne Dyer.The Hill Times photo illustration, photograph courtesy of Flickr/NVIDIA Corporation

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 17, 2024

LONDON, U.K.—Elon Musk’s Starship project did something spectacular this week. The 160-tonne booster landed safely in the arms—or rather, the ‘chopsticks’—of a rocket-catching device that will soon allow the rapid turn-around and reuse of heavy-lift vehicles.

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