Unmasking Europa

<P>Jupiter's ice moon Europa is widely regarded as the most likely place to find accessible extraterrestrial life. This book tells the engaging story of Europa the oceanic moon. It features a large number of stunning images of the ocean moon���s surface clearly displaying the spectacular crack patterns extensive rifts and ridges and refrozen pools of exposed water filled with rafts of displaced ice. Coverage also features firsthand accounts of Galileo���s mission to Jupiter and its moons. The book tells the rough and tumble inside story of a very human enterprise in science that lead to the discovery of a fantastic new world that might well harbor life.</P>