- Original Message -
From: LARRY KLAES
To: europa
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:06 AM
Subject: What about a Slam Dunk approach to Icepick?
Remember the plans for the CRAF probe over a decade ago
that was going to send a spike-shaped probe into a comet
to penetrate its surface
Is there a reason I'm missing why no one is talking about lasers as a tool to get through Europa's ice?
Thanks,
Demetrios Deligiorgis
Remember the plans for the CRAF probe over a decade ago that was going to send a spike-shaped probe into a comet to penetrate its surface and study the interior of an ancient iceball? Would it be possible to design something similar for Icepick? If we find a relatively thin area of Europa's
I now see a major problem with naming the terrestial model 'Icepick'. Larry is talking about proposals for an actual Europa probe, employing a kinetic penetrator, for sometime in 2015 or beyond.
The terrestial model involves proposals for a model constructed from off-the-shelf parts, and is only
