NASA's mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds

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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water.

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This seems like a silly thing to do for a probe that's staying inside the solar system, to be honest. It would seem more befitting to etch the names of the engineers and technicians who built the thing, so future humans can see that.