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[Interview] We Must Go Back To Enceladus! Here's Why

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English - July 18, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
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Enceladus is the most interesting world in our Solar System in terms of exploration potential. It just is. But at the moment there are no approved missions to come back there. In this interview I'm discussing a New Frontiers class mission concept, the Astrobiology eXploration at Enceladus (AXE) with Dr Marshall Seaton from NASA JPL.
🪐 Astrobiology eXploration at Enceladus (AXE)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/acd119
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00:00 Intro
02:27 How does Enceladus feel like
04:45 Why go back to Enceladus
15:20 AXE mission concept
23:10 How should we search for life
29:03 Building a New Frontiers class mission
46:46 Other icy ocean worlds
51:08 How special is Enceladus
54:37 What's next for the mission concept
58:40 Career path for young scientists
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Enceladus is the most interesting world in our Solar System in terms of exploration potential. It just is. But at the moment there are no approved missions to come back there. In this interview I'm discussing a New Frontiers class mission concept, the Astrobiology eXploration at Enceladus (AXE) with Dr Marshall Seaton from NASA JPL.

🪐 Astrobiology eXploration at Enceladus (AXE)

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/acd119

🦄 Support us on Patreon:

https://patreon.com/universetoday

📚 Suggest books in the book club:

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club

00:00 Intro
02:27 How does Enceladus feel like
04:45 Why go back to Enceladus
15:20 AXE mission concept
23:10 How should we search for life
29:03 Building a New Frontiers class mission
46:46 Other icy ocean worlds
51:08 How special is Enceladus
54:37 What's next for the mission concept
58:40 Career path for young scientists

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/Q3W-0LecU5k

📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.

Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

🎧 PODCASTS

Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/

Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain

Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday

Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday

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📩 CONTACT FRASER

[email protected]

⚖️ LICENSE

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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