{"id":8473,"date":"2014-08-04T21:05:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T01:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8473"},"modified":"2014-08-04T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T01:18:08","slug":"video-the-lure-of-europa-featuring-bill-nye-and-special-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8473","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Lure of Europa &#8211; Featuring Bill Nye and special guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yt\" style=\"color: #222222;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Planetary.org\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a> organized a special event on Capitol Hill last month to discuss the mysteries of the \u00a0Jupiter moon <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europa_(moon)\" target=\"_blank\">Europa<\/a> and why there should be a NASA mission there. \u00a0The event was unexpectedly popular. Lots of \u00a0public visitors to the Capital decided to sit in. \u00a0Bill Nye was probably a major reason: \u00a0<em>The Lure of Europa &#8211; Featuring Bill Nye and special guests<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JbjEYWddMM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Europa is a moon of Jupiter that may have three crucial ingredients for life: liquid water, energy, and nutrients. What, if anything, can be found in the great oceans of Europa? Could NASA look for life? How could we explore affordably? Bill Nye The Science Guy, eminent NASA scientists, and prominent legislators examined just these questions in a public event inside the halls of Congress. This was recorded live on July 15th, 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Recorded by Tushar Dayal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers (in order of appearance):<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* Casey Dreier (Director of Advocacy for The Planetary Society and event emcee)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* Rep. Lamar Smith (Chairman, House Science Committee; Texas 21st District)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* Rep. John Culberson (Texas 7th District)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* Rep. Adam Schiff (California 21st District)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* Dr. Ellen Stofan (Chief Scientist, NASA)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* Dr. Robert Pappalardo (Europa Study Scientist, JPL)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* Bill Nye, The Science Guy (CEO of The Planetary Society)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Planetary Society organized a special event on Capitol Hill last month to discuss the mysteries of the \u00a0Jupiter moon Europa and why there should be a NASA mission there. \u00a0The event was unexpectedly popular. Lots of \u00a0public visitors to the Capital decided to sit in. \u00a0Bill Nye was probably a major reason: \u00a0The Lure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8473\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: The Lure of Europa &#8211; Featuring Bill Nye and special guests<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,98,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-titan","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2cF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9300,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9300","url_meta":{"origin":8473,"position":0},"title":"Great new image of Europa plus a video","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA releases the photo below of Europa, the Jupiter moon with at ice crust and what is believed to be an ocean of liquid water below it: \u00a0Europa's Stunning Surface - NASA JPL The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view, made\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=98"},"img":{"alt_text":"PIA19048_ip[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PIA19048_ip1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13246,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13246","url_meta":{"origin":8473,"position":1},"title":"Hubble space telescope images show possible water plumes erupting from Europa","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A team using the\u00a0Hubble telescope\u00a0spots possible water plumes erupting\u00a0on Jupiter's moon Europa. 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