I was not familiar with it but just read about it on wikipedia. It's a scouting mission for a future lander. Not sure the timing of the lander but it shouldn't take centuries for the lander to be built and land on Europa?
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The goals of Europa Clipper are to explore Europa, investigate its habitability and aid in the selection of a landing site for the future Europa Lander.
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I know Europa has always been one of those planets/moons where bodies of water exists. When you say "complex" you mean like fish? I don't expect intelligent life like Spock, I'd be happy with finding alien microbes, bacteria etc. before I die.