On: NASA's Europa Clipper Launch

[throw0101c]

Veritasium video on the Clipper probe/mission:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJO_9auJhJQ

Real Engineering:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKkBOUvsAY

Probe named after the sailing ship design:

> The etymological origin of the word clipper is uncertain, but is believed to be derived from the English language verb "to clip", which at the time meant "to run or fly swiftly".[2]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper

[stoneman24 → throw0101c]

Not common but I have heard “moving at a fair clip” to describe speed in commentary and conversation.

Perhaps the term hasn’t quite died out.