It's too bad the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter mission was cancelled back in 2005, or we might already have some answers. One bit of good news re Europa investigation is this:
A future NASA mission to Europa became more likely today with the news that Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) will assume leadership of the House's Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) appropriations subcommittee. This committee writes the House's version of the yearly funding bills that include NASA and the NSF, and is extremely influential, particularly for smaller federal agencies like NASA.Even Ted Cruz is supportive (note his constituency is Houston).
