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Promising discoveries about the potential for life on one of Saturn’s icy moons

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I_dream_of_Geni · 1790469671 · focus · HN ↗
OK... Serious question here: we find "life" (algae?) on one of Saturn's moons or one of Jupiter's moons. So, we spend ~$50 Billion (arguably much more) and find "life". So? Why is this important to people? There isn't one chance in (place your own word here) that we can do anything about it or even send humans there. Seriously want to know what people really think...
1. rsynnott · 1790543091 · focus · HN ↗
  > So, we spend ~$50 Billion (arguably much more) and find "life".
  Where are you getting 50bn from? There are currently two large probes on their way to study Jupiter's moons, JUICE (costing 1.5bn EUR) and Europa Clipper (costing 5bn USD). Saturn's _somewhat_ more difficult, but not enough to take the cost to 50bn!

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