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by bloopernova 694 days ago
Europa is orbiting Jupiter.

Jupiter puts out a lot of radiation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40978670

For sure, Venus needs exploration. I'd like to see an orbiting station with a 10 year mission to explore the Venusian atmosphere via drones or other methods.

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Any Europan life would be in its oceans, which are more than adequately shielded from radiation by a miles-thick layer of ice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)#Subsurface_ocean