The best option, they argue, is a nuclear-powered ‘tunnelbot’. ICE PIERCERThe nuclear ‘tunnelbot’ would deploy from a lander with a fiber-optic string of data ‘repeaters’ unfurling as it sinks. Any such a Europa ‘tunnelbot’ would be relatively large. Whether or not such a nuclear-powered ‘tunnelbot’ is built and deployed is the next step. The NASA study which produced the nuclear-powered ‘tunnelbot’ is a result of his efforts.

Source: Fox News December 17, 2018 14:48 UTC