The UPI reporter appears to be on drugs

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pwokenyaw — 3/30/2004 5:43:57 PM (archived)

What about this piece from the text:

"The added capabilities offered by Prometheus also would make it possible for JiMo to send down space probes that could function as mini-submersibles, plunging into and burrowing through the frozen ice fields to dive deeply into the alien oceans."

Anyone care to place a bet with me whether JIMO will have this capability? I'm 37 years old, and I'll be happy if I see this happen in my lifetime.

If we're lucky, JIMO will carry a few penetrator probes that could blast a few feet into the ice of the 3 moons. Most likely, it will have no landers, because it's a financial boondoggle.

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JIMO to include cryobots! - Buck Galalxy - 3/30/2004 5:24:19 PM
- 'Plunging into and burrowing' through a few miles of ice? - ebnelson - 3/31/2004 1:24:16 PM
  - how about passively sitting there with a heated surface on the bottom? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/31/2004 10:14:57 PM
- The UPI reporter appears to be on drugs - pwokenyaw - 3/30/2004 5:43:57 PM
  - He's definitely on drugs or spinning yarns for the fun of it (n/t) - Gary - 3/31/2004 5:45:27 AM
  - Cryobots - Buck Galaxy - 3/30/2004 7:23:33 PM

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