The Europa Clipper Mission: Understanding Icy World Habitability and Blazing a Path for Future Exploration
Whitepaper #255 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: ocean worlds; other: Mission Teaming
by Robert Pappalardo, Tracy Becker, Diana Blaney, Don Blankenship, Jim Burch, Phil Christensen, Kate Craft, Ingrid Daubar, Murthy Gudipati, Alex Hayes, Sam Howell, Sascha Kempf, Margy Kivelson, Rachel Klima, Haje Korth, Erwan Mazarico, Brian Paczkowski, Cynthia Phillips, Julie Rathbun, Trina Ray, Kurt Retherford, Christina Richey, James Roberts, Abi Rymer, Britney Schmidt, David Senske, Everett Shock, Elizabeth Turtle, and Joe Westlake
Published onMar 18, 2021
The Europa Clipper Mission: Understanding Icy World Habitability and Blazing a Path for Future Exploration
This paper discusses the science expected to be achieved by the Europa Clipper mission, to provide context for the future exploration of Europa and other icy worlds. In addition, we discuss how the science will be achieved as we strive to operate as “One Team.”