Europa moon Lander mission - science

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Spamming isn't synonymous with simpler.

 

[publiusr]

At any rate, there is some news on the Europa front.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/nasa-sls-europa-clipper-wind-tunnel/
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2013-5421

 

[XCV330]

I like the opportunity to get ice samples a la Stardust from a Europan water eruption. There's a lot that could be discerned from that, and it would be far less costly and complicated than trying to drill.

 

[publiusr]

You need to go one planet over to get a good whiff from the tiger stripes there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_stripes_(Enceladus)

Maybe a small tumbler bot could fall in the cracks.

 

[publiusr]

A laser for a cryobot:
https://www.wired.com/2012/04/bill-stone-laser-powered-europa-rover/

Callisto colony conversation
https://forum.cosmoquest.org/showthread.php?172195-Callisto-colonization-some-crazy-ideas/page5

 

[Dryson]

I wonder when NASA will start using wireless chargers for recharging probes on a planet? Reducing the cost of the mission by alleviating expensive power systems will allow NASA to produce more missions at the same cost. Using wireless chargers could allow for wheeled versions of Sat Cubes to released on a planet such as Europa.