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Exploration of Under-Ice Regions with Ocean Profiling Agents (EUROPA)

Leigh McCue
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NIAC 2012 Phase I Mccue EUROPA Final Report

Description
This NIAC project seeks to lay the framework for sending a team of autonomous gliders to Europa as a scientific mission to understand the physical and chemical environment of Europa’s ocean; as such this Phase I proposal will investigate and propose a prototype system addressing those challenges specific to exploration of Europa with gliders.

2012 Phase I and Phase II Selections