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  <title><![CDATA[Local scientists help NASA explore Europa]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Georgia Tech planetary scientists and CSTAR faculty council members Dr. Carol Paty and Dr. Britney Schmidt were recently <a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/local-scientists-help-nasa-explore-europa-keeping-ga-a-front-runner-for-space-exploration/456882402">interviewed by WSB-TV in Atlanta</a>. &nbsp;The report details their&nbsp;leadership in&nbsp;investigations for ice-penetrating radar systems on a future mission to Europa scheduled for 2022.</p>

<p>An excerpt from the report quotes Dr. Schmidt:</p>

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&ldquo;Think about it as an X-ray or MRI of the outer part of an ice shell. So for the first time, we&rsquo;ll actually be able to see Europa&rsquo;s plumbing. &nbsp;We know that life can&rsquo;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.&rdquo;</span></p>
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<p>The full report can be veiwed&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/local-scientists-help-nasa-explore-europa-keeping-ga-a-front-runner-for-space-exploration/456882402">here</a>.</p>
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