Lattice Confinement Fusion Could Melt Through Miles of Ice to Reach Possible Living Oceans on Europa
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6839J)
NASA has funded a phase 1 NIAC (NASA Innovation Advanced Concepts) study to get through about 24 miles (40 kilometers) of ice on Europa and other moons with liquid oceans. Jupiter's satellite Europa almost certainly hides a global saltwater ocean beneath its icy surface. Chemistry at the ice surface and ocean-rock interface might provide the ...