While Nasa and the European space agency are looking for life on Mars. A determined core of scientist are lobbying for equal attention to a place they think can have life on it, Jupitors moon Europa. "Because of the well supported presence of water ice on Europa, Also the probability it has oceans. Europa can hold life on it," said Jere H. Lipps. Lipps took up the issue with 3 other scientist on sunday febuary 18 2007, at the annual meeting of American Association for the advancment of science in San Francisco. Lipps reviewed what they know about Europa and focased on the problems that needed to be solved before they search it for life. With years of experience studying Antartica Lipps knows where organisms can live on Europa. Lipps proposed 25 likely spots where organisms can live on Europa. He doesn't think life on the icy moon would be like ice on Earth. Lipps also noted the surface can be intense enough to kill an Earth like life. Lipps said we can have a spacecraft on Europa in 15 years we know where life can be. Now its up to Nasa engineers to determen when and how we get there.
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