But europa is gonna be wayyyy harder to explore

Just drilling through the ice is gonna be really difficult

They have made the submersible for it already

But the drilling is hard because they don't know how deep the ice is

I think it was like 10km

you don't need to drill just put a lump of plutonium on the surface and it will melt its way through

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No it won't

why not

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1134037/nasa-alien-life-search-europa-nuclear-powered-tunnelbot

That's not how plutonium works

Nuclear powered isn't the same as elemental plutonium

they literally already designed it

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a big lump of plutonium is hot

And no observers?

Slime blocks <:pepehands:378719408367075333>

Uhh

I don't think it would be

Idk if pure plutonium is radioactive enough to actually get hot

it's how they powered the Voyager spacecrafts

it's how nuclear power stations work

In a controlled way yes

What happens to the plutonium when it hits the water?

Surely they can't just let it drop in

Also I'm pretty sure in a reactor it's mixed with other stuff to help it fission or something

Well

nope

It would just sink through

It's really heavy

just put enough of it together it gets hot

And kill all this new life

Super smart

^

Also I don't think it would just melt through in a straight line

The ice would just absorb a lot of the heat and spread it around

Ice aint good at spreading heat though

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Either way it's not a good idea