Bill Stone, the maverick cave explorer who invented robots and dive equipment that have allowed him to plumb Earth's deepest abysses, explains his efforts to build a robot to explore Jupiter's moon Europa. The plan is to send the machine to bore through miles of ice and swim through a liquid underworld that may harbor alien life. And if that's not enough, he's also planning to mine lunar ice by 2015.
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Bill Stone: Journey to the center of the Earth ... and beyond!
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Posted on: January 12, 2008 8:00 PM, by Greg Laden
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Posted by: Chris Hanson | January 13, 2008 3:55 PM
Hope the robot doesn't kill the little buggers if it finds any.
Posted by: Len | January 13, 2008 5:05 PM
man, i wouldn't want to be deep in a cave with him. he seems about two steps short of snapping, lot of barely-contained rage in him, yow.
Posted by: ed | January 14, 2008 1:45 AM
Aren't Europa's oceans mostly sulfuric acid? If he is actually preparing to send a probe, it better be pretty tough.
Posted by: Shawn Smith | January 14, 2008 11:19 AM
I don't see rage. I see compassion and life! There are those who do it. And those who read about it. Those who read about it do so from the comfort of a warm room with the T.V. on. Those that do it.... face each day with a fire that is hard to contain. For that....we all reep the rewards.
Posted by: Mike | January 14, 2008 11:24 AM
As an engineering I think it is absolutely a doing goal with a realistic time line. I would absolutely sign up to be on the mining expedition to the moon. For that matter the cave thing looked pretty cool, too.
Posted by: John | January 14, 2008 11:49 AM