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Probes Could Swim Through Ice on Mars or Europa

Posted by timothy on from the just-look-at-the-astounding-market-demand dept.

Fraser Cain writes "NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) has funded a proposal to explore the idea of a robotic probe that could melt its way through the polar icecaps on Mars or ice covering Europa's ocean. A swarm of these these 100 kg probes would sample pockets of air in the ice as they maneuvered around in formation, searching for evidence of life - either past or present."

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  1. Lighten up, son by jfengel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude... it was a JOKE. Probes taking along an ice house and alcohol, like they do in Minnesota... get it?

    At least bother to read the whole post before flaming on. No, it wasn't a particularly well told joke (he took too long to get to the punch line), but jeez, man: lighten up.