The Insane Engineering of Europa Clipper

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Producer/Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
Head of Production: Mike Ridolfi
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Writer/Research: Josi Gold
Animator: Eli Prenten
Animator: Stijn Orlans
Sound and Production Coordinator: Graham Haerther
Sound: Donovan Bullen
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster
Head of Moral: Shia LeWoof

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[bluecup]

It's like Veritasium called him and told him "homie, you gotta continue where I left off"

[ShihammeDarc]

"The trash of the department of defense is the treasure of NASA" is such a good quote.

[stevelin]

“We can measure the velocity of the probe with an accuracy of 1mm/s" this data gave me chills. It's so surreal to think that that we can measure an imperceptible change of speed of something up to 1 billion kilometers away. The technological might of humans never fails to move me.

[RohitSharma-kgye]

What a exciting week it has been, Starship Launch and Catch, videos from Veritasium, Real Engineering, and Practical Engineering!!
Keep it up👍🏻

[umer]

Thanks for covering this! I work on Europa Clipper. Hanging out in Florida awaiting launch. Let me know if anyone has any questions!

[timkeklinker]

I just watched interstellar for the first time. Made myself wait for YEARS because I wanted the first time to either be in a cinema or a proper home theater. So for the 10th anniversary they brought it back to the studios and I watched it twice. All of this is perfect timing.
- SpaceX catching the booster
- another round of Auroras
- the asteroid passing by being visible to the naked eye
- clipper being launched to search for life (in VERY broad terms I know)

What a time to be alive!

[patrickhughes]

This is a beautiful video. Y'alls animation game is insane right now

[RDHardy]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be cancelling my Curiosity stream subscription asap.

[tylermadison]

It’s refreshing to see progress and positive developments in science and engineering. It really helps showing the brighter side of a world filled with so much pain.

[julz_swag]

Veritasium and Real Engineering video on Europa Clipper. This is too good.

[xparik]

It’s insane how smart all these engineers are to think and create something of this level of precision and functionality.

[JonathanLivni]

Minor correction:
While both Io (one of Jupiter's moons) and the solar wind contribute to Jupiter's radiation environment, Io has a more direct and consistent impact on the radiation belts near the planet due to the continuous supply of volcanic material. The solar wind, while also important, mainly affects the outer magnetosphere and causes fluctuations rather than being the dominant, steady source of radiation.

[L-Office]

I can't get over the fact how much further we'd have gotten into space if the big nations would collaborate based on a common goal. But no, focusing on each other's differences seems to be more appealing.

[snowballeffect]

have nebula, but still watch here for the convenience. to me, nebula is kind of like a group patreon subscription for creators i love.

[SergeantPsycho]

Was thinking of you this morning during the Starship 5 launch, Real Engineering Guy.

[DardSBr]

I watched it launch live in person! Huge props to the team who worked on this for the past decade for bringing such an incredible work of engineering into existence!

[washinours]

Honestly the way we slap together pieces into boxes and tubes and spheres to play with atoms, molecules, ions etc with such calculated accuracy millions of kms from earth will never stop to mesmerize me.

[jacksonr]

I just wish we didn't have to wait 5.5 or 6 years for it to reach Jupiter! Something exciting to look forward to.

[cameronlukewilson]

As a Veritasium fan, this one was far superior. Great work

[nicstroud]

0:23 The _origin_ of life.
I think the purpose of Europa Clipper is to search for the ingredients needed for life.
The origin?
I think that mission is a little bit further away.