The Europa Lander Mission Concept: In Situ Exploration of an Ocean World
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Craft, Kate
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On the Past, Present, and Future Role of Biology in NASA’s Exploration of our Solar System
Here we provide a brief perspective on the role of biology in NASA’s planetary science goals, and its spacecraft missions, past, present, and future. We argue that while biology - via astrobiology - generates much interest and excitement for NASA, biology is vastly under-represented as a science within NASA Planetary Science Division missions.
Hand, Kevin↗
Compass Final Report: Europa Tunnelbot
The Compass Final Report: Europa Tunnelbot, is a summary of three Compass concurrent engineering team designs for penetrating the ice of Europa and reaching the ocean, while sampling for biomarkers and communicating back to the surface. These conceptual designs, while providing complete conceptual layouts for these penetrators, or 'Tunnelbots' along with the associated communication 'Repeaters' primarily focused on the power and thermal systems needed for these devices. Trades for these systems will provide advantages and challenges for each option. These results will be used to guide power technology development.
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