My guest today is Dr. Hiro Ono, the Group Leader of the Robotic Surface Mobility Group for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. Dr. Ono is been awarded a NIAC prize to develop a rover that could crawl into the fascinating vents on Enceladus, to search for evidence of life on this icy world.

https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Masahiro_Ono/



Episode 763: The Enceladus Vent Explorer: An interview with Dr. Hiro Ono

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Episode 763: The Enceladus Vent Explorer: An interview with Dr. Hiro Ono

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