>>>...and a sneak preview of VFP9, code named Europa was shown.
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>>Without a doubt, the stupidest code name I've ever heard. We'll be a laughingstock:
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>>VBer #1: Why did they code-name VFP9 "Europa"?
>>VBer #2: Well, either it's because it's all wet, or scientists hope one day to find signs of life there!

>Europa is the moon that turned into an evolving planet in the 2001/2010: A Space Odyssey movies. NASA is currently considering sending probes there to learn more about it. I'm hoping, and assuming, that most people do not have such a negative view on things as you. Thanks for your support Al.

Even as a hardcore SF fan this I had this nowhere on my list of associations.

Europa is a name from a Greek legend, don't remember whether she was a goddes or was the guy who did her a god (or both). Both the continent and the Jupiter's satellite were named after her - it's just English where the two are spelled/pronounced differently.