At the convention's NASA booth, fans could check out models of the Galilean moon Europa’s surface and learn about ongoing missions
Starting in October of next year, they’ll travel to Jupiter’s orbit along with a poem by the U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, titled “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa.”The poem “is an introduction from our ocean world to another ocean world,” said Laurance Fauconnet, a JPL public engagement specialist staffing the NASA booth on the exhibition floor at SDCC.
Also at the booth was a boulder-size model of the Psyche, the target of another mission by JPL and Arizona State University to explore for the first time an asteroid made of metal. Space enthusiasts in cosplay wandered the booth, taking photos in front of the exhibits and backdrop of Europa and chatting with members of JPL’s public engagement team about the Clipper mission and other ongoing research.
“It underscores the fact that a lot of people who are going to Comic-Con are interested in science, they’re interested in exploration. They have that enthusiasm, and we’re able to meet their enthusiasm with ours.”The Europa Clipper mission is not the first to invite participation from the public. People have been able to include their names on the craft containing the Mars Curiosity Rover, the Orion spacecraft used for the Artemis I mission, and others.
The crossover between comics fans and space enthusiasts means that NASA not only staffs a booth, but also organizes panels where researchers can talk about their work to attendees. This year, agency-affiliated scientists participated in panels about studying solar eclipses, STEM topics in science fiction and engineering challenges in space.
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