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root-parenttoday at 1:36 PM2 repliesview on HN

Too much radiation for anything close to Jupiter. You will find life on Venus clouds and in Titan....

Everybody looking at the wrong targets. Mars is a dead, radiation cooked, burned, poisonous place. Forget about it, leave it to the trillionaires.


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ceejayoztoday at 1:52 PM

> Too much radiation for anything close to Jupiter.

Europa's water is an excellent radiation shield.

isomorphic_ducktoday at 1:54 PM

I am not an astrophysicist, but I have read that the thick layer of ice is supposed to protect the miles-deep ocean against radiation, which might harbour life.