Well, according to some people in this thread then, you're an idiot along with me and a few others.
I can say for sure, I didn't know - but I also was not around for it when it actually happened, and I sure as hell never cared to know if they in fact did survive the initial explosion. I don't want to to know - ignorance is bliss for that situation.
Now I feel even more sad about the two accidents. Thanks!
Now... where the hell is this future of space travel, already? We've sure been dragging our collective feet on this one, and it's getting quite old. I hate politics and politicians: it's like nobody understand the real value of what we can find out there, and, more importantly, what kind of results we can get when we push engineers to make all of that happen in the first place! So much advanced knowledge simply comes out of the R&D - there may not be a novel and new engineering feat to learn on Europa itself, but we can sure as hell learn a lot and make some serious technological progress simply getting
anything to land and study there (like a Europa Rover), let alone a manned flight.