Nov 13, 2017
Breakthrough Initiatives, a program founded by Yuri Milner - aims to out pass NASA in the mission to Saturn’s moon Enceladus to look for extraterrestrial life there. The mission’s goal is to fly through the moon’s plum of water vapor and other material at its southern polar region.
By doing so, we could get a sample without touching and contaminating the moon’s surface. The initiative further aims for a low-cost, privately funded mission that can be launched relatively soon. The mission NASA plans would be far more expensive and will not launched during the next nine years.