Abstract :
At the Jet Propulsion Lab. scientists and engineers are spearheading far-reaching research efforts to prove beyond all doubt that life exists, or once existed, elsewhere than on Earth. In their most promising initiative, they hope to land a probe on the surface of Jupiter´s moon Europa, considered a likely site for extraterrestrial life, within the next 15 years. As planned this autonomous vehicle will melt down through the ice to a vast ocean below where it will conduct tests to investigate if life exists there
Keywords :
aerospace control; extraterrestrial life; intelligent control; mobile robots; Europa; Jet Propulsion Lab; autonomous vehicle; existance of life; extraterrestrial life; life existance; probe; Earth; Jupiter; Land surface; Marine vehicles; Mobile robots; Moon; Probes; Propulsion; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface;
