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Once you are in an ocean covered with miles of ice, how do you send a signal?
by BiteCode_dev 6y ago
Once you are in an ocean covered with miles of ice, how do you send a signal?
- inetknght 6y agoWhy would you dig deep into an ocean covered with miles of ice without a tether to a station? Suppose it looks like this: ----- upper ice surface ----- ice ice ice ice ice ice ice ~~~~~ lower ice surface ~~~~~ Then a tether station might look like this with a conduit/shaft between beep /|\ ------|---------- | ~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~ \|/ beep Then you can have a swimmer-rover: hi! /|\ ------|---------- | ~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~ \|/ . <-> hi! sorry I'm just a software dude :|
- BiteCode_dev 6y agoIt would be my first instinct too, but I'm assuming miles of cable in frozen ice that probably move will not last for long. But maybe setup a wireless relay? Not easy through that much ice.
- jacobwilliamroy 6y agoThis mission is starting to sound really expensive
- inetknght 6y agoYup! It definitely would still be an expensive mission! But I think getting there is no longer the biggest expense :)
- splendidHaiku 6y agoleave sending station above ground. send down hot ice melting probe (no drilling) attached to long cable.
- nitrogen 6y agoThe meltwater would have to be removed, or the cable itself heated.
- avhon1 6y agoIce carries radio waves a lot better than water. Once sunk through the ice, the entire probe, or a small buoy, could float up to the underside of the ice and transmit clearly to the surface.