>Neat speculation on the oceanic composition, all, but my main curiosity is
still unaddressed: What would the ideal specialties >of a four person crew
be, and what are the most desirable instruments to include on a submersible?
>I'd think a biochemist and micro(exo)biologist would be indespensible,
whether life is known to exist there or not. What else >would we want?
Geologist? What would the study of the underside of kilometers-thick
icepacks be called? Would they send >an... oceanographer(?) to study the
composition of the sea itself?
Any crewed expedition to Europa would be a six-year round trip... so don't
forget to include an engineer to deal with *six years* of accumulated
Mir-style gremlins, and a medic/psychologist.
On the scientific side, "expert" doesn't mean much when talking about
Europa. Deep background reading in the literature will only close minds to
new possibilities. So we should send people trained in the scientific
method, with open eyes and ultra-stable psyches.
Edwin Kite
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