James Janega, the author of “Orbiting the Moons of Jupiter,” in the Chicago Tribune, discussed how NASA recently planned a mission to travel to Jupiter. This “massive, multibillion-dollar interplanetary mission” would be aimed to launch in 2020. Two spaceships are going to be pit into orbit around two of Jupiter’s moons. The mission will take nine years to complete and the space crafts will travel through the solar system for 2.7 billion miles. These space orbiters will study Jupiter and its moons, Ganymede, Callisto, and Io. When their mission ends, they will crash into one of Jupiter’s moons or Jupiter itself. 
Jupiter and its numerous moons store an amount of liquid water that is thought to surpass all that exists on Earth. Therefore, this mission is going to be a very important part of space exploration because scientists believe that the mission would explore the “most likely pocket of the solar system besides earth where there is a plausible chance for life to exist.”
What are your thoughts on the mission?
In times of economic disaster should our country be spending money on space exploration missions?
Jupiter and its numerous moons store an amount of liquid water that is thought to surpass all that exists on Earth. Therefore, this mission is going to be a very important part of space exploration because scientists believe that the mission would explore the “most likely pocket of the solar system besides earth where there is a plausible chance for life to exist.”
What are your thoughts on the mission?
In times of economic disaster should our country be spending money on space exploration missions?
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