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No atmosphere...

Means Europa lander versions of those would hit rather too hard. Penetrators have had a pretty poor success rate and Beagle 2 hit rather harder than intended. A proper lander needs to be braked to near zero speed - either like the Soviet Luna landers or the Surveyors. Fortunately Europa has a lighter gee field than the Moon.

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