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The thought of potential life on Europa was a concept that the movie producers researched when choosing where their space mission was traveling to seek possible life. Today’s knowledge points towards Jupiter’s moon being a future destination for many space missions because of its large amounts of ice on the surface and deep oceans underneath. However, events turned unrealistic after the crew began their search on the surface. The women character in Europa scooped up the patch of ice in the life-detecting metal bin and life was reportedly found in the remnants. An important scientific aspect was broken. The environment of Europa is not suitable to support life on the surface of the planet, no matter how small or insignificant the organism is. The surface of Europa is far too cold to sustain life. Due to the lack of an atmosphere on the planet, the temperatures are down to minus 260 degree Fahrenheit (minus 160 degrees Celsius). Temperatures for sustaining life must range between minus 114 degrees Fahrenheit and 116 Fahrenheit. Earth’s temperature has directly to do with it’s positioning from the …show more content…

The position of the ship, according to scientists, was exactly in line with Jupiter and the fault line that the movie exemplified it to be. “Like the other Galilean satellites, Europa is tidally locked, and the Europa crew landed at the sub-Jovian point, with Jupiter always visible in the sky.” - Meant…, By Soon I. "Europa Report." Conceptual Astronomy Science Fact vs Science Fiction. Roy Kilgard, 16 July 2013. Web. 31 Oct. 2016. [b] The movie producers could of very easily designed or invented their own structure for the planet of Europa to take away more hardships they were going to discover. However, they decided to research and make sure that the outlook of the planet was correct and matched as closely as possible to how the mission would of went if conducted

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