#3234: Europa Missions
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[Cueball is standing in front of an image of a spacecraft.]
Cueball: There are now three spacecraft headed to Europa:
Cueball: NASA's Europa Clipper, which investigate Europa's subsurface ocean,
[Cueball, Ponytail, and Hairy are standing in front of another spacecraft image, with Cueball gesturing at it.]
Cueball: ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, which will study the topography and chemistry of Europa and the other moons,
[Cueball is in front of an image of a Zamboni with a firing rocket nozzle on its bottom.]
Cueball: And the NHL's Zamboni Voyager, which plans to resurface Europa.
Voice out of frame: Oh no.
Cueball: We tried to stop them, but the league is set on an expansion.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Before resurfacing, they promise to inspect the ice for any evidence of hockey-playing life.