Richard Fidler

Does it sort of come out like a butterfly from a chrysalis?

Yeah, I was going to ask you about that.

Are you one of those people in that room with a headset?

That's you in that control center.

People are going to want answers from you pretty quickly if something goes wrong, surely.

I completely understand how you might say it feels like your baby sort of coming out of its womb and into the world.

What feelings can you allow yourself in that moment and do you necessarily feel?

To me it sounds like you're someone who's composed a symphony or something.

And, you know, you write it, you sit down there and you work on it and you do all the notation and the orchestration.

But then you're going to sit there on opening night and watch it do its thing and watch it unfold.

Is it like that?

Is it joyful or sad or what?

We're speaking in late March 2026.

Where is the Europa Clipper right now?

When is it expected to arrive?

And it will orbit Jupiter how many times?

And once it's completed its mission, where will it go?

Will it crash into Europa or into Jupiter?

And is that just in case someone's left the tiniest bit of bacteria or a skin cell on it?

Is that it?