THEO: Testing the Habitability of Enceladus’ Ocean
A New frontiers mission concept
As part of NASA JPL’s Planetary Summer School in 2015, we developed THEO, a New Frontiers Mission Concept that would test the habitability of Enceladus’ Ocean.
This orbiter concept would target the following questions:
(1) How are the plumes connected to the subsurface ocean?
(2) Are the abiotic conditions habitable?
(3) How stable is the ocean environment? and
(4) Is there evidence of biological processes?
You can read more about THEO here.