Unexpected Discoveries On the Moons of Jupiter: Gas Cycles and Weird Glass

My father, Gordon Schulz, was one of the founders of the company that made the data recorder for Galileo (Odetics). When Galileo launched, it failed to deploy its high gain antenna and almost cost the mission. Because the Odetics data recorder was re-programmable, they changed the mission and allowed it to use the low gain whip antenna for the mission. The mission was originally intended to last 5 years. After 5 years, Galileo was still going strong, so they decided to extend the mission. After another 5 years, NASA ran out of funding, so they decided to crash Galileo into Jupiter. On the final day of the mission, my father was invited to JPL to witness the final command to Galileo. If you visit the museum at JPL, you will see a full size model of Galileo on display. The Odetics data recorder was so significant to the mission, that they have a backup data recorder on a pedestal on display in front of the Galileo model. On a side note, also in the museum, there is a full size model of Explorer1, the first satellite launched from the US. My father also designed the transport mechanism for the data recorder on Explorer1.

With all the garbage science on YouTube it is such a pleasure to watch your detailed and informative videos! Thank you Anton! You rule!

It's kinda surreal that extraterrestrial life may be confirmed within our lifetimes.

Not too long ago they discovered that if you have volcanic rock, specifically obsidian, and percolating water then you have a natural way to create everything you need to build RNA as we know it. So the probability of finding simple RNA or even DNA based replication is relatively high if the right conditions are met. And it will need an energy source and expell something in turn. It's the jump to multicellular replication that we have no clue about. That'll take bringing the right tools to look for it and physically going there to find out.

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 🙂👍☺️

“Now, I’m not saying life… but I’m not not saying it.” You know Anton, it’s exactly that kind of dry delivery that keeps me coming back!

Sometimes I’ll play the video with my phone in my pocket, just listening while I putter around the house. But when I hear you starting to wrap up, I always pull the phone out just to watch you wave goodbye at the end. That goofy smile is adorable and infectious. And just to clarify, coming from me “goofy” is one of the very highest compliments.

At this point, if we DON'T find life on other bodies in the solar system like the Jovian moons, Saturnian moons and Mars, that will raise a looot more questions about astrobiology than if we DO find it.

If life is found, it will allow the very first comparisons of separate evolutionary paths. Whether or not it springs from the same source as earth life, we will have almost endless opportunity to study! Not saying there is; not saying there ain't. Life that is. Thank you wonderful Mr. Petrov!

Io and Callisto don't get nearly enough love. Glad to see some work that focuses on them.