Starship Asterisk*

Ok, to right of center there is a dark boot... looks like a "water" version of Italy.... :shock:

BTW... did it WIN the snowball fight? Or did it LOSE the snowball fight?

Great pic.
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[float=left][img3=""]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/JUICE_spacecraft_concept.jpg[/img3][/float]<<The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) is an interplanetary spacecraft in development by the European Space Agency (ESA) with Airbus Defence and Space as the main contractor. The mission is being developed to visit the Jovian system focused on studying three of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa (excluding the more volcanically active Io) all of which are thought to have significant bodies of liquid water beneath their surfaces, making them potentially habitable environments. The spacecraft is set for launch in 2022 and would reach Jupiter in 2030. [b][color=#0000FF]By 2033 the spacecraft should enter orbit around Ganymede for its close up science mission and becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a moon other than the moon of Earth.[/color][/b] Proposed instruments include cameras, spectrometers, and an ice-penetrating radar.>>[/quote]

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