{"582727":{"#nid":"582727","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Local scientists help NASA explore Europa","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech planetary scientists and CSTAR faculty council members Dr. Carol Paty and Dr. Britney Schmidt were recently \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/local-scientists-help-nasa-explore-europa-keeping-ga-a-front-runner-for-space-exploration\/456882402\u0022\u003Einterviewed by WSB-TV in Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;The report details their\u0026nbsp;leadership in\u0026nbsp;investigations for ice-penetrating radar systems on a future mission to Europa scheduled for 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn excerpt from the report quotes Dr. Schmidt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Think about it as an X-ray or MRI of the outer part of an ice shell. So for the first time, we\u0026rsquo;ll actually be able to see Europa\u0026rsquo;s plumbing. \u0026nbsp;We know that life can\u0026rsquo;t exist on the surface of Europa, but it could be down there swimming around in the ocean or living in the ice shell just as things do here on earth.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full report can be veiwed\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/local-scientists-help-nasa-explore-europa-keeping-ga-a-front-runner-for-space-exploration\/456882402\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Local scientists help NASA explore Europa"}],"uid":"28808","created_gmt":"2016-10-18 14:49:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-18 14:49:41","author":"Brandon Sforzo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"582716":{"id":"582716","type":"image","title":"Europa-Moon","body":null,"created":"1476801326","gmt_created":"2016-10-18 14:35:26","changed":"1476802387","gmt_changed":"2016-10-18 14:53:07","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222130","name":"Europa_mosaic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Europa_mosaic_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Europa_mosaic_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24953,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Europa_mosaic_0.jpg?itok=aH3DsNbq"}}},"media_ids":["582716"],"groups":[{"id":"282661","name":"Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"81281","name":"Europa"},{"id":"167146","name":"space"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}