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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| Verfasserangaben: | Bernd DachwaldORCiD, Stephan Ulamec, Frank Postberg, Frank Sohl, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Waldmann Christoph, Ralph D. Lorenz, Hugo Hellard, Jens Biele, Petra Rettberg |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00707-5 |
| ISSN: | 1572-9672 |
| Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Space Science Reviews |
| Verlag: | Springer |
| Verlagsort: | Dordrecht |
| Dokumentart: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
| Datum der Publikation (Server): | 27.07.2020 |
| Jahrgang: | 216 |
| Ausgabe / Heft: | Art. 83 |
| Umfang: | 45 |
| Bemerkung: | Corresponding author: Bernd Dachwald |
| Link: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00707-5 |
| Zugriffsart: | weltweit |
| Fachbereiche und Einrichtungen: | FH Aachen / Fachbereich Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik |
| FH Aachen / IfB - Institut für Bioengineering | |
| collections: | Verlag / Springer |
| Open Access / Hybrid | |
| Lizenz (Deutsch): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung |
