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[NIAC 2025] Exploring Enceladus with a Hopping Robot
31 minutes Posted Feb 17, 2025 at 6:00 pm.
Intro
Enceladus
NIAC proposal
SALTO hopper
Scientific challenges
Alternative destinations
Scaling things up
Deliverables for NIAC
Current obsessions
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Moving across the surface of Enceladus can be more tricky than you think. Rough icy terrain can be hard for wheels. No atmosphere makes helicopters impossible. Thus, hopping and jumping might be the answer!
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