Experimental Validation of Melt Probe Models for the Exploration of Ocean Worlds
Ocean Worlds, where large volumes of water may exist under a layer of ice, are strong candidates for the first discovery of extraterrestrial life. Jupiter’s moon Europa is currently believed to have at least twice as much water as Earth. A key remaining challenge is developing a probe that can trave...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145182 https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6162-9927 |