News NASA unveils rover prototype fit for exploring icy Europa moon

[Dickie]

Article from RT:
http://rt.com/usa/270097-nasa-europa-moon-mission/

Interesting, don't understand why they haven't gone for a more conventional ROV design rather than using wheels though?

 

[Andy44]

Too bad they don't have a decent photo of it. From what they do show it looks like Nomad from Star Trek...

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Article from RT:
http://rt.com/usa/270097-nasa-europa-moon-mission/

Interesting, don't understand why they haven't gone for a more conventional ROV design rather than using wheels though?

The article does mention that they intend to add wheels and make a submarine wheeled rover out of this concept.

My question is - how are they going to get it into the ocean? Fly down a canyon and drop it into a geyser? As long as it isn't smaller than a thermal exhaust port or a womp rat it's not impossible, quite doable using a T-16, or at least that's what I've heard.