> (1) It's more likely that they would live buried UNDER a few meters of
> Europa's ice than on top of it, as a shield against that very dangerous
> Jovian radiation level. By the way, everyone, I've just learned -- from a
> passage in the NAS report "Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa"
> which I had overlooked -- that the radiation level on Europa's leading
side
> is only 1/5 that of its trailing side (which is hit by the particle
> radiation swept around Jupiter by its rotating magnetic field at a rate
> faster than Europa revolves around Jupiter). But that's still a deadly
> radiation level for humans.
Bruce, what is the radiation level on the trailing side? Sorry. I must've
missed that somewhere.
P.S. My husband, William, wonders if he worked with you on Cassini. Are you
a JPL guy?
Thanks!
Deanna Hoak
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