NASA Europa Clipper Mission Imperiled by Chips on Spacecraft Written 15 July 2024

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Illustration depicting NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. | Credit: NASA

The New York Times reports, “NASA said on Thursday that it is studying the durability of transistors on a $5 billion spacecraft to Europa, Jupiter’s ocean moon, which has led to concerns about the spacecraft’s ability to function as originally planned in the heavy radiation around the solar system’s largest planet.”
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