NASA funded robots to search for life under Arctic ice
By Conrad Quilty-Harper 
posted Jun 24th 2007 3:07PM
posted Jun 24th 2007 3:07PM
In a mission that is apparently similar to searching for life under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa (sans the space travel part), three robots are set to start a mission to explore the underwater hot springs under the ice of the Arctic: because someone else did the Antarctic last year. On a 40 day expedition in July, researchers from Cape Cod hope to use three new robotic vehicles -- two that can operate without cables under ice -- to find life that resides in the hot streams along the techtonic boundary between Eurasia and North America. Although the robots can descend over 3 miles under the water working just meters from the bottom to photograph objects and collect samples, the task of the NASA-funded $450,000 Puma and Jaguar robots will be hindered by the rough terrain and their inability to surface through the ice. Sounds like NASA's got quite a while to go until it can submarine around Europa -- they probably won't be able to surface there at all.
anyone ever read Deception Point?
Nope.
I read it. Was that the first thing that came to your mind?
Oh man, this was definitely the very first thing that came to my mind just upon seeing the title of the article. If they find a big rock that's indisputably a fossil-encrusted meteorite, don't believe them. The chondrules aren't real.
see? Apple is SO ahead of the curve, NASA is JUST now using cat-code names.
Maybe they'll find the anchient outpost and a stargate? Anyone? Anyone at all. lol too much tv for me.
"three robots are set to start a mission to explore the underwater hot springs under the ice of the Arctic..."
to find a suitable location to start production of a robotic undersea base that, after humans nuke themselves halfway to extinction, will surface to rule the world :)
And why are we using our SPACE program to look into ICE?
Shouldn't we be going out and colonizing Mars?
tectonic*. Spell-check...seriously.
Haha yes, Deception Point is the first thing that came to my mind!
"Puma and Jaguar robots will be hindered by the rough terrain and their inability to surface through the ice. Sounds like NASA's got quite a while to go until it can submarine around Europa -- they probably won't be able to surface there at all."
Quite a while? We'll see what global warming has to say about this!
Europa is not on Earth, therefore any "Global Warming" will not effect it. Dumb Ass.
Groan. What for? To exploit another species. There are species dying out all around us and we have to look for more to destroy. Another half a million wasted.
hope they find the second stargate there as well.
Fishes,
narco.
Actually, they're going to find Megatron. He's frozen, but waiting to be awakened. Keep the life force cube away, unless you want robots ruling the earth.
When looking at the ice, there is more than meets the eye.