The icy moon oceans beckon with ingredients that potentially may harbour extant life. Beginning with the Galileo and Cassini missions, measurements have revealed the presence of global oceans under the icy crust of several moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Among those moons, Europa and Enceladus have their ocean in contact with the rocky core, providing an environment similar to the conditions existing on the terrestrial seafloor where life has developed at hydrothermal vents. A detailed trade space study was conducted to develop a technology architecture defining a system that would access an icy moon’s ocean. This paper outlines the architecture with specific consideration to the power source necessary to drive the system.


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    Title :

    A technology architecture for accessing the oceans of icy worlds


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    Publication date :

    2019-02-25


    Type of media :

    Preprint


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    Language :

    English



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