Exploration of Jupiter reach Europa after a 6.5 year cruise. The spacecraft would fly by the moon 32 times to minimize radiation damage. Because of the possibility of subsurface liquid oceans on Jupiter's moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, there has been great interest in studying the icy moons in detail. Funding difficulties have delayed progress. The "Europa Orbiter" was a planned NASA mission to Europa, which was canceled in 2002. Its main objectives included determining the presence or absence of a subsurface ocean and identifying candidate sites for future lander missions. NASA's "JIMO" ("Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter"), which was canceled in 2005, and
The Sands of Mars one of the most believable trips to Mars." The book has given an inspiration for the title of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's last and unfinished album, "First Rays of the New Rising Sun". The album also contains an unfinished song "New Rising Sun" in which "Jupiter Sun" is mentioned. It was also published later as part of "The Space Trilogy", an omnibus of three of Clarke's earlier works which also includes "Islands in the Sky" and "Earthlight". The transformation of Phobos into a second sun has similarities to what is done to Jupiter in Clarke's novel "". In that case, alien