kamaz
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Let's go sailing on Titan. Just for the coolness factor.
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Because radiation on Europa's surface will fry lander's electronics, unless it is heavily shielded. But such shielding will make the lander too heavy. Also, landing on Europa requires more delta-v than landing on Enceladus.
So, Enceladus mission is technically simpler. See also my analysis here: http://cosmoquest.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-129167.html
---------- Post added at 10:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:55 PM ----------
Because radiation on Europa's surface will fry lander's electronics, unless it is heavily shielded. But such shielding will make the lander too heavy. Also, landing on Europa requires more delta-v than landing on Enceladus.
So, Enceladus mission is technically simpler. See also my analysis here: http://cosmoquest.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-129167.html
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