NASA is developing a project called SWIM (Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers) to explore the internal oceans of icy moons like Europa. The project aims to send hundreds of palm-sized robots into these oceans to search for signs of life. These robots will be transported by cryobots, which will melt through the ice using nuclear energy. The robots will be equipped with sensors to measure various parameters of the ocean water.
In October, NASA launched the Europa Clipper probe to learn more about the conditions on Europa , and now there are several R&D efforts underway to directly explore the interior oceans of these icy moons. One such project, called SWIM , is being led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory . The program plans to send a number of palm-sized autonomous underwater robots into the ice moons’ internal oceans to search for signs of life.
In addition, it is believed that internal oceans exist on Jupiter’s moons Ganymede and Callisto and Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus. Liquid water is essential for life as we know it, which is why the ocean worlds are at the forefront of the search for extraterrestrial life. Under the Sea The autonomous underwater exploration robots envisioned by SWIM are extremely small. Their wedge-shaped bodies are about 12 centimeters long.
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