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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 8591504" data-attributes="member: 40176">It's not exactly the average NASA party. A manned mission to Europa is a much more high-profile event than anything NASA has done in the last several decades, and it seems to be pretty controversial.Plus it's a meet'n'greet for investors, and for the sort of funding needed for a Europa mission that does mean billionaires.And is the security really that overwhelming? Security badges with built-in RFID tags are already pretty commonplace in more secure office environments, and while facial recognition software is still a little hit-and-miss these days, given a couple more years of developement there could easily be off-the-shelf solutions as capable as the one seen here, and cheap enough that any prestigious event would use them routinely.</blockquote>