Europa Jupiter System Mission - Laplaceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Europa Jupiter System Mission - Laplace is a proposed joint NASA/ESA unmanned space mission slated to launch around 2020 for the in-depth exploration of Jupiter's moons with a focus on Europa, Ganymede and Jupiter's magnetosphere. In February 2009 it was announced that NASA/ESA had given this mission priority ahead of the Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM). The ESA contribution still faces funding competition from two other missions, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and the International X-ray Observatory (IXO). In 2013 ESA will choose only one of these three missions for further funding, which is why NASA keeps a contingency plan of sending its part of the mission as a stand-alone project.