NASA is sending an underwater robot for exploring the under ice life in Antarctica. Developed by engineers at the JPL, the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration (BRUIE) could one day explore ice-covered lunar oceans like those on Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus, said the JPL. The upcoming test of the rover’s endurance at Australia’s Casey research station is its first trial in Antarctica. First all-female spacewalk now later this week, says NASA According to the JPL, there are moons throughout the solar system believed to be covered in deep oceans hidden beneath thick, frozen surfaces. Kevin Hand, JPL lead scientist on the BRUIE project, believes that these lunar oceans may be the best places to look for life in the solar system. “The ice shells covering these distant oceans serve as a window into the oceans below, and the chemistry of the ice could help feed life within those oceans,” Hand said. The Antarctic waters are the closest Earth analog to the seas ...
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