Formal Talk by Prof. David Southwood – How the Icy Moons of Jupiter became a goal for space exploration
Our President will give his annual address to the Society. His talks are always very good so please attend at the BPS or via Zoom.
Next year the European Space Agency will launch a mission to explore the icy moons of Jupiter. The Galilean moons of Jupiter have long held a fascination but it was only in the 1990s that it was realised quite how remarkable the three icy moons, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto were. All show some evidence of subsurface oceans of water and all thus could even be where life evolves. At the same time, they all differ between themselves and also in how they interact with the Jupiter environment. The history of how our current knowledge of the moons developed, the various ideas for their exploration and the political and technical ups and downs of getting to where we are now will be described.
Location
Bristol Photographic Society