We come in peace.
Posted on 05/13/2015 3:20:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Europa, one of the many moons of Jupiter, is a very promising address in the solar system for those who say it's possible we'll find life beyond Earth right here in the Milky Way. For one thing, researchers have pretty good evidence that a giant liquid ocean exists below the moon's icy crust. A group of researchers at Cornell has come up with an idea for an animal-like underwater rover that could one day explore Europa.
The "soft robot" proposal just won a $100,000 grant from NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts initiative -- an award for project ideas that are at the cutting edge of the tools we have to explore space. The proposed rover looks more like a squid than a robot, and that's intentional: Soft robots are intended to "move more like a natural organism," co-principal investigator Rob Shepherd said in an interview with The Washington Post.
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Its skin is also going to be electroluminescent. "We've developed some material that simulates a lot of the functions of an octopus," Shepherd said. The Europa rover's skin will emit a white light that can illuminate its path and make underwater imaging possible.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I like to know how they plan on getting through the ice?
I don't see anything about that in the article
What part of “attempt no landing there” do they not get? (Shudders)
Where’s the Like button on this page???
Look...If we don’t let NASA send RoboTrout up there, then WHO exactly do you suppose is going to tell them that Muslims need to feel good about themselves?
THINK FOR GOD SAKES!!!
You’ve outdone yourself, Joe.
“Scientists want” is a phrase that is right up there with “that sucking sound you hear”. There was a time when scientific endeavors were financed by private individuals, private Universities, and private business entities. Nowadays any ‘scientific whim’ is a blank check drawn against the taxpayers. This installment of rape the nation is robotic fish on Europa.
My grandson has one of these. It runs on 2 button batteries and looks and swims like a real fish.
It was under $10.
;-{)
+1.
Send AL GORE. He’s a useless oversized robot - all fat, no brain. Should serve us well, or be served, well done. Anything to get his fat, crooked ass off this planet.
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