Is there life outside of Earth? A new snake-like robot could be the one to find out.
The Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor is being developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a space mission to, one of Saturn's 83 moons known for its icy surface that's the whitest and most reflective in the solar system. It's believed that there is a liquid ocean under the ice, prompting further investigation into whether life exists within it.
, but researchers hope that it would take only days for the robot snake to reach the ocean once it finds its way into a vent in the icy crust. "The EELS system is a mobile instrument platform conceived to explore internal terrain structures, assess habitability and ultimately search for evidence of life," NASA says of its development."It is designed to be adaptable to traverse ocean-world-inspired terrain, fluidized media, enclosed labyrinthian environments and liquids."
And if all goes well, the robot snake could take ocean world exploration to the next level, NASA says, allowing"deeper exploration into areas that were once unattainable."
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