MEET BRUIE THE UNDERWATER EXPLORER
Jan 30, 2020
2 minutes
Ice-water interface
Testing of the prototype focuses on how the explorer operates in the ice-water interface and makes sure it maintains buoyancy.
Deep diving
The robotic explorer may need to survive for months underneath an ice sheet between ten and 19 kilometres (six and 12 miles) thick.
Potential visits
Some of the worlds in the Solar System that have shown signs of a subsurface ocean
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