NASA Underwater Robots to Search for Life on Moons With Oceans Like Europa
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6SH1S)
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tested the feasibility of a mission concept called SWIM, short for Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers. The project envisions a swarm of dozens of self-propelled, cellphone-size robots looking for signs of life on ocean worlds. SWIM is funded by NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program under the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate. NASA ...