Europa Clipper: NASA’s Incredible Hunt for Alien Life 

Not gonna lie, if Simon and the team created a strictly space channel, I don’t think I’d ever watch anything else.

Simon, I work on Europa Clipper at JPL, helping Southwest Research Institute with their MASPEX instrument. Thanks for the exciting (and creepy) plug! NASA doesn't market itself nearly well enough to engage the public, and it's left to people like you to relate complicated things like this to the people who pay for it. All of the instruments on Clipper are astonishing examples of engineering that will enable cutting edge science, and your production does a great job of communicating that to those that value knowledge. For that, I thank you.

It's me again; the father with the 11 year old son who is fascinated by outer space, and wants to work for NASA in its mission control. I'm excited to, once again, share Simon's space video with him. It's exciting to think my son may actually be involved towards the end of the Clipper's mission. I hope he will follow his dreams. And, yes we would like six or seven more videos about the Clipper.

“All these worlds are yours. Except Europa. Attempt no landing there.” '2010' Arthur C. Clark

Shaquille O'Neil is my favourite unit of measurement

I have literally been measuring this entire space craft since the prop module was a piece of sheetmetal laying on a table back in 2019. We were just at NASA Langley Research Center this summer to do the high gain antenna characterization. I've touched literally every single hole on the prop module a dozen times over throughout the build. Now go to DART which crashes into an asteroid in a couple days to see if we can knock it off course... I have all kinds of projects I've worked on that you guys should cover! Like Dragonfly - an SUV sized rover that will FLY around Titan - a moon of Saturn. Or do one on the Louvoir mission that will make the James Webb Space Telescope's images look like it was taken with a disposable camera. Or for the super sciency people do one on PACE which will use UV through IR wavelengths to scan the entire earth every 3 days to track what micro organisms are living in the oceans by analyzing the color of the water. I'm not the coolest kid on the block, but I do have the coolest job!

I will never understand that this quality channel is on RU-vid and not BBC , HBO or behind a pay wall. Wauw...

As a science ENTHUSIAST I've gotta say I am excited

Great video! I actually loved it! As I have a solid background in sciences, I tend to heavily dislike when non-scientists make videos where they attempt to talk about a subject, going into the science, when it is obvious that the host doesn't have a clue what he's talking about and is just reading the script. And even with the best, most scientifically accurate script out there that does a great job at simplifying the more hardcore aspects of the subject, when the host isn't a scientist specialized in the field he's talking about, the result can never be good... I loved this video because, contrary to a few earlier ones, it knows it's limitations and doesn't try to go in depth into dense subject matter (such as talking about laws of physics, explaining how some measurement instruments function, etc.). and instead focuses on all the right aspects that the host can present while playing on his strengths: it's more a Science/Space News Video where the scientific project is explained in layman's terms, focusing on the what this mission/probe is, why it's being built and sent, what the mission hopes to achieve, when or giving a timeframe, and touching a bit on the how, without going into too much details.

Measuring things by Shaq should be the new official world measurement system. It's so much more relatable and makes so much sense to visualize.

We could do 7 more videos on this Don't threaten me with a good time, fact boi 😎

From what iv learned about Lovecraft it wouldn't take much to give him nightmares

14 illegally cloned Shaquille O'Neals stacked on top of each other. FINALLY, a unit of measurement we can all easily relate to.

Inspiring how far we've come at this point and where we're gonna go. Great video. 🔥

Europa lander! Oh no, we're going to be in trouble: “All these worlds are yours. Except Europa. Attempt no landing there.”

WE NEED A SPACE CHANNEL PLEASE!!

PLEASE do the 7 more episodes.... PLEASE.

Of course we're not alone. The entire universe?

Did I hear 7 more videos on this!! I’m in!

Great video, Simon! I was just describing Europa to my wife yesterday. I'm eagerly awaiting this mission as I have for decades. I'm just hoping and praying to all the Gods in existence that I live long enough to see it arrive and at least some results back. I'm already 60, so the odds are not great.

Everything gave Lovecraft nightmares. Water, math, black people, the Irish, air conditioning.

Cant wait for the next Sideprojects episode where we discuss Simon's Shaquille O'Neal cloning facility in the sub-sub basement.

Thank you for taking the time to make tis video. It was very useful and informative.

Did PETA get mad at you for using elephants for scale so you swapped to Shaq? Lol

I watched a movie called Europe Report a while ago and it’s actually really cool and terrifying

Great video! I think you meant that oxygen is "reactive", not "radioactive".

That's it all future measurements must be in cloned Shaquille O'Neal.

Sober Vsauce can't scare you, he doesn't exist. Sober Vsauce:

Fascinating video!! Excellent job Simon & team 👏💯🙌🙂

I love that Shaq is now a term of measurement! 😂 Finally, a universal measurement for everyone.

Love the space videos of any kind

Suggestion: Gateway Arch in St Louis

I’m so happy this is happening in my life time.

kudos for proper orientation in your animation! so very tired of Voyager animation showing the craft with its huge antenna pointed in the direction of travel.

I get kinda bummed that Juno gets so little press coverage these days... It's fantastic spacecraft, fully able to seal with Jupiter's radiation! Also, I believe it is the first craft to film the orbital mechanics of Jupiter's moons while it was on approach to the planet! Actually, as I recall it is the first craft to film ANY orbital mechanics!

As always - fascinating! And you'll recall that that was Mr. Spock's highest compliment for new information.

What if there's relatively advanced societies down there? It would be cool to be the horrifying space monsters for a change.

I freaking love the explanation of MASS SPEC!! The locker room perv!! Freaking great!!!

Please do more space love those videos.

These are getting more and more interesting. Well researched and presented. Nice one Simon.

*SIMON: **_"Europa is like your underpants after the end of a sweaty gym session"_* 😆😆😆😆😆

My largest takeaway here is that I wince hard when Simon says "cheeky sniff". Seriously tho, more science please fact boi 😉

Deja vu of the excitement of Cassini mission. At least it will take a bit less time and I think no Venus assist required with Falcon Heavy.

I really enjoyed this video. Well done to Simon and the team.

This is so subnautica and I LOVE IT. Cannot wait until we send a submarine there!

Hey could you make a video about the Sprint missile which went so fast it became incandescent?

Simon, you're never alone in the universe. You have me (and Danny I guess)

Notification Squad! :)

Not the intro I was expecting. I was expecting something closer to "they say the ocean is deadlier than space, but what about an ocean *in* space?"

Simon The Channel Whistler. Damn bruh, every time I look you have another channel of pure indulgence..

Shaquille O'Wendigo 🤣

Exceptional video

Shaq was on an ad before this video and you referenced throughout it. Now I'm going to be thinking about some old ass basketball/movie star all day.

I watch so many of your videos, I really think I see you driving about over here in Northern Ireland , Magherafelt, or its men who are trying to look like you, it’s quite amazing. The glasses, beard, shaven head, flashy car, etc.

“All these worlds are yours. Except Europa. Attempt no landing there.”

“All these worlds are yours…except Europa…”

I once saw the Europa Clipper being made live in person!

Fantastic video. And super fantastic yodel at 11:39.

I think 'Shaquille-O'Neals' (Shaqs)could be the unit of measurement that we could all finally agree on!😂

One of my favorite. 😊

I think you're doing this more as your videos progress... I love your funny metaphors and commentaries. 🖖🥰👍 I've been loving metaphors since I was 7. My classmates never understood them and thought I was just nuts. 😁

A much, much better investment than manned space exploration.

Thoroughly interesting video, thank you. Rhyme Magnetometer with spectrometer! You're making my eyes water!

I’m excited for the things we (hopefully) learn in the coming decade. My name is etched into the Europa Clipper, kinda special.

Cool ending. +1 great video, keep it up! +1+1+1+1+1

It's such a shame now, when i was a kid there was so much to look forward to. Now we still haven't investigated these moons and any projects that do so take a decade to see the data on.

Very cool mission

Who else is up for 7 more videos on Clipper?

That ship looked like a Flute, not a Clipper. Cross reference Cutty Sark.

SPAAAAACEEEEE!!!

Shaq will be my ONLY measuring stick going forward!

GPS be like "In 410 Shaquille O'neals, turn right."

Deep Stone Crypt theme intensifies. (shoutout to any Destiny 2 Players.)

There are in fact 100 billion galaxies, each of which contain something like a 100 billion stars. Think of how many stars, and planets, and kinds of life there may be in this vast and awesome universe. Carl Sagan

"Would give HP Lovecraft nightmares." Not hard, Simon. That little man was afraid of everything, even before you look at the immense racism.

Simon "rather than getting off mas"....were not thinking "spects" to be the word🤣

Recommendation for a future video: Brenner Basisistunnel. The future longest railway tunnel in the world connecting Austria and Italy through the Alps.

Yes Simon, fucking outstanding

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

I kinda think that it would have been easy to give Lovecraft nightmares.

Underpants in a Gym? I nearly spilled my beer!.

*everything* gave H.P. Lovecraft nightmares. Air conditioning gave H.P. Lovecraft nightmares (see "Cool Air")

When we land, there's gonna be a mountain of solid diamond... 🤣

>Says feet are not a sensible unit of measurement >Proceeds to use Shaquille Oniel multiple times as a unit of measurement

I clocked at least 6 uses of the word "unimaginable" in this episode

Imagine sending those radio signals into Europa and getting something back…that’d be an interesting room to be in

Please 7 more videos on this

Isn't Ganymede also thought to have a subsurface ocean? With its magnetosphere, it could offer a lot of potential. Frankly, we've got a bunch icy moons we need to study in depth around jupiter and Saturn. This could be where cooperation between NASA, ESA and JAXA could be vital. They could cover territory the others miss and specialize in different components of missions. Edit: Wrote comment before I finished the video and you covered it.

With all of Simon's channels and sheer output, I'll bet it's not just Shaq that's illegally cloned...

Just gotta say, I love the new measurement unit of "illegally cloned Shaquille O'Neals laying head to toe." That's gotta be up with with my favorite for mass, the "blue whale."

A sneaky sniff, science has become understandable.

Maybe you could also do a video on JUICE. The ESA mission also heading to Jupiter to look at it's icy moons.

Please do the 7 other videos.

Shaq clones is now my standard unit of measurement

For a moment at the very start, I thought this was the start of a Ephemeral Rift video. x'D

I would watch a video all about the back of my hand if it were done by Simon and his crew. I would watch it twice

Nothing more British than calling the equipment onboard "quite a bit of kit"

I seen a video yesterday about this, it was reporting that the radar system on this was invented by a young university student, very interesting.

Consider, if you will, what life must be like in a fluctuating gravity well. Swimming along not with tides, but the position of the other unseen moons. Added, Imagine the sensory organs that would evolve...!

The water is more precious than anything else. Guatenteed that Nestlé has stock in Eurpoa.