Searching for Life on Europa? Going Under the Ice

We’re now learning that icy worlds seem to be the best places in Solar System where life could be hiding. Worlds like Europa and Enceladus, which have vast oceans of liquid water beneath a shell of water ice.

And just in the last year, astrobiologists announced that hardy forms of Earth life should be able to thrive in these oceans, feeding off hydrogen gas emanating from deep sea vents.

Clearly we need to explore these worlds, to go deep down beneath the ice to explore the ocean depths. But how do you drill through kilometers of ice to reach it?

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Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com
Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw
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References:
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/niac_2012_phasei_mccue_europa_tagged.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/content/exploration-of-under-ice-regions-with-ocean-profiling-agents-europa/#.WqrxNugbOUk
http://www.apl.washington.edu/project/project.php?id=ice_diver
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gladius-submersible-underwater-drone-technology#/
https://www.princeton.edu/~naomi/theses/jggraver-thesis-4-11-05.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comparison-of-Glider-Depth_fig1_275311043

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