[Interview] Getting Samples From Enceladus Is Harder Than You Think

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How do we plan a mission that can go to Enceladus and grab a sample of its plumes? How fast does it need to go? Will it bring samples to Earth or analyse them on the spacecraft? Figuring out the answers with Professor Mark Burchell from the University of Kent.

📜 Hypervelocity impact induced light flash experiments on single and dual layer Kapton targets to develop a time of flight space dust and debris detector

https://kar.kent.ac.uk/104841/

👉 We Must Go Back To Enceladus! Here's Why

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

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  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:07 Firing tardigrades from a gun

  • 05:32 Enceladus

  • 13:14 How fast can we go

  • 21:07 Optimal mission to Enceladus

  • 32:35 Exploring Io

  • 41:43 Sampling interstellar objects

  • 47:55 Dust in interstellar space

  • 51:19 Current obsessions

  • 01:01:04 Final thoughts and more interviews

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How do we plan a mission that can go to Enceladus and grab a sample of its plumes? How fast does it need to go? Will it bring samples to Earth or analyse them on the spacecraft? Figuring out the answers with Professor Mark Burchell from the University of Kent.

📜 Hypervelocity impact induced light flash experiments on single and dual layer Kapton targets to develop a time of flight space dust and debris detector

https://kar.kent.ac.uk/104841/

👉 We Must Go Back To Enceladus! Here's Why

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

🦄 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

  • 02:07 Firing tardigrades from a gun

  • 05:32 Enceladus

  • 13:14 How fast can we go

  • 21:07 Optimal mission to Enceladus

  • 32:35 Exploring Io

  • 41:43 Sampling interstellar objects

  • 47:55 Dust in interstellar space

  • 51:19 Current obsessions

  • 01:01:04 Final thoughts and more interviews

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/xB1Tr3MWKKw

📰 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

Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday

📩 CONTACT FRASER

frasercain@gmail.com

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2024-03-11 63 min
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