The RIME and Reason of JUICE - The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

Explore the fascinating JUICE mission to Jupiter's icy moons in this 55-minute lecture by Dr. Jeffrey Plaut. Gain insights into the mission's scientific objectives and learn about the RIME (Radar for Icy Moon Exploration) experiment, which is already active during the spacecraft's interplanetary journey. Discover how JUICE, launched by the European Space Agency, aims to study Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa – moons believed to harbor vast liquid water oceans beneath their icy crusts, making them potential candidates for extraterrestrial life. Understand the significance of the RIME instrument, a collaborative effort between Italian and U.S. space agencies, designed to use radar sounding technology to penetrate kilometers into the moons' icy shells. Learn from Dr. Plaut, a Senior Research Scientist at JPL and Co-Principal Investigator on the RIME experiment, as he shares his expertise gained from numerous planetary and Earth projects, including missions to Venus, Mars, and Earth-based radar imaging.