My friends at JPL (Hi Mr. J, Hi Silver!) suggested a similar Europa probe except instead of a crash landing through the crust the probe would use a forward spike of a nice hot isotope, say Pu239. The Probe would then melt right thru any and all ice crust and then after hitting ocean release the forward spike from the rest of the Probe.
This proposition was in jest, of course, inspired by all the problems they had shipping the ion powered Deep Space 1 Probe across country: "Do you have all the Papers to ship that Rocket Fuel?" "It uses Xenon, a noble gas, it CANNOT burn, it will NEVER explode." "Sorry, no papers, no passage..."
Didn't need the FBI's help. Wrote this one myself.
-John Tribble
And, uh, if there are any spooks reading-- that thing about replacing my congressman with an obedient clone-- that was a joke. Ha ha. Get it? Please don't show up at my work tomorrow-- OK?
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My friends at JPL (Hi Mr. J, Hi Silver!) suggested
a similar Europa probe except instead of a crash
landing through the crust the probe would use
a forward spike of a nice hot isotope, say Pu239.
The Probe would then melt right thru
any and all ice crust and then after hitting ocean release
the forward spike from the rest of the Probe.
This proposition was in jest, of course, inspired
by all the problems they had shipping the ion
powered Deep Space 1 Probe across country:
"Do you have all the Papers to ship that Rocket Fuel?"
"It uses Xenon, a noble gas, it CANNOT burn, it will NEVER explode."
"Sorry, no papers, no passage..."
-JT
Check out the DS2 mission flipbook.
Do you think we should have a Linux installation flipbook???
-JT
I guess you know who you are.
Didn't need the FBI's help.
Wrote this one myself.
-John Tribble
And, uh, if there are any spooks reading-- that thing about replacing my congressman with an obedient clone-- that was a joke. Ha ha. Get it? Please don't show up at my work tomorrow-- OK?