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Instrumentation design for a probe that has to survive the radiation on the surface would be an awesome job. Given the weight budget, it could be a very hard en
by takk309 8y ago
Instrumentation design for a probe that has to survive the radiation on the surface would be an awesome job. Given the weight budget, it could be a very hard engineering problem.
- greglindahl 8y agoAll of the probes that have gone to Jupiter have had that same hard engineering problem, and we've yet to lose much science because of it.
- wlesieutre 8y agoPartly radiation shielding, partly planning orbits to avoid it as much as possible. If you’re on a moon you don’t have the luxury of avoiding anything.
- Florin_Andrei 8y agoOTOH, if you're on a moon then you can use the moon itself as a shield. Just burrow below the surface. Most natural sources cannot penetrate more than a few meters (dozens of meters at most) through rock and/or ice.