"My God. It's full of stars!"

Just a short post reacting to the news that two Space Agencies, that are normally competing with each other are joining forces. Their goal is to get to Jupiter. More importantly the Ice World Europa, which is one of its natural satellites(moons).
Now I have heard this story before, in Sir Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2010. It doesn't go that well.

Although it won't launch until 2020 it will not reach its destination until 9 years later. A whole 19 years after we should already be there.

Well in the novel and its movie adaptation. Europa has life. The hyper advanced race which are only personified by their 1x4x9 black featurless monoliths encourage the life turning Jupiter into a dwarf star (which Jupiter actually is close to becoming). Earth then has two suns and mankind receives its first message from an extra terrestrial intelligence transmitted through the HAL 9000.

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.....

I'm sure nothing will happen, but you never know.

I would however, like to offer ideas for naming the crafts NASA/ESA would send to jupiter..

LEONOV
DISCOVERY
BOWMAN
FLOYD
ARTHUR C. CLARK
ODYSSEY
LUCIFER
TMA-1

But please don't call it the TSIEN.


Use them together. Use them in peace.