EELS: AI-enabled snake robots and the search for life on Enceladus

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  Could AI enabled snake robots help us investigate potential life on Enceladus?

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  We'll learn more this week on Planetary Radio.

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  I'm Sarah EL Ahmed of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

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  Saturn's moon Enceladus is a compelling target in the search for life off of Earth.

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  Its subsurface ocean has all of the necessary conditions and ingredients for life.

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  But determining if there is presently life on that moon is going to take some ingenuity and some out of the box thinking.

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  Today, Morgan Cable and Hiroo Ono from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory join us to discuss the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor, or EELS Project.

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  EELS is a snake like robot designed to navigate the treacherous icy terrain and vents of Enceladus, hoping to access and sample the ocean underneath to get us some answers.

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  But first, it's time to celebrate this year's highlights in space exploration.

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  Kate Howells, our public education specialist, will pop in to guide us through voting for the Planetary Society's Best of 2024 awards.

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  Then Bruce Betts, our Chief scientist, joins me for what's up and a new random Space fact.

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  Every November, the Planetary Society recognizes all of the amazing things that have happened in the last year space exploration with our Best of Awards.

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  Thousands of people from around the world cast their votes for the best space images, missions and achievements of the year.

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  Everyone is welcome to join in and this year's voting has officially begun.

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  Here's Kate Howells, our public education specialist, to let you know how to participate.

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  Hey Kate.

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  Hi Sarah.

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  Thanks for joining me and for helping to put together this best of 2024 awards this year because it's always one of my favorite things.

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