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Key technologies and instrumentation for subsurface exploration of ocean worlds

  • In this chapter, the key technologies and the instrumentation required for the subsurface exploration of ocean worlds are discussed. The focus is laid on Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus because they have the highest potential for such missions in the near future. The exploration of their oceans requires landing on the surface, penetrating the thick ice shell with an ice-penetrating probe, and probably diving with an underwater vehicle through dozens of kilometers of water to the ocean floor, to have the chance to find life, if it exists. Technologically, such missions are extremely challenging. The required key technologies include power generation, communications, pressure resistance, radiation hardness, corrosion protection, navigation, miniaturization, autonomy, and sterilization and cleaning. Simpler mission concepts involve impactors and penetrators or – in the case of Enceladus – plume-fly-through missions.

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Author:Bernd DachwaldORCiD, Stephan Ulamec, Frank Postberg, Frank Sohl, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Waldmann Christoph, Ralph D. Lorenz, Hugo Hellard, Jens Biele, Petra Rettberg
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00707-5
ISSN:1572-9672
Parent Title (English):Space Science Reviews
Publisher:Springer
Place of publication:Dordrecht
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2020
Date of the Publication (Server):2020/07/27
Volume:216
Issue:Art. 83
Length:45
Note:
Corresponding author: Bernd Dachwald
Link:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00707-5
Zugriffsart:weltweit
Institutes:FH Aachen / Fachbereich Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
FH Aachen / IfB - Institut für Bioengineering
collections:Verlag / Springer
Open Access / Hybrid
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung