Europa drill on BBC website

Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:
You know this sounds like a perfect probe to design and test on that
ultra-salty lake that is buried under a couple kilometers of ice. One
problem they stated was that they don't want to simply drill down to it
because they could introduce extra items into the lake thru the hole. A
melting probe could be make pre-cleaned and would seal it's hole behind
itself, and if it brings back a sample the surface recovery mode could also
be tested.

I believe that was covered by

More details, and discussion of Lake Validivostok
in the rest of the article.

Howewver, there wasn't really much status about that, and since I
finally ready the SciAm '99 article on Europa, I am much curious.

/dps

Parallax wrote:


The ELF method is a non starter as the data transmission rates are
waaaaaaay to low. When used for transmission to deep submarines, the
transmission rates were no more than a few characters/sec. Do the
calculations and you see the problems.

And is a 'recieve-only' arrangement for those subs. If a reply was
necessary, sticking a VHF/UHF antenna above water is still required.
Obviously even less of an option under Europan ice than under Arctic
ice...


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