Timeline for How much power do I need to transmit a radio signal through a solid ice crust 100 km thick?
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| Sep 12, 2016 at 21:40 | comment | added | jumpjack | So, at the end of the game (and after all answers)... If any radio-equipped civilization evolved under Europa ice crust.... we would never know. | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 22:11 | comment | added | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Not just Earth's ice, but almost any water ice. As water freezes, impurities get forced out of the crystalline matrix as it forms. Pockets of impurities may be created, but the ice itself is fairly pure. | |
| Sep 10, 2016 at 21:56 | comment | added | user123341 | Earth's ice is quite pure water, and so may be less ionic than the ice sheets of Europa and Enceledis. Here is some info on the problems associated with broadcasting through seawater (and presumably through salty ice?) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_with_submarines | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 15:52 | answer | added | David Gooder | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 20:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackElectronix/status/455439131821502464 | ||
| Apr 13, 2014 at 15:45 | comment | added | Nick Alexeev | A couple of alternative approaches come to mind. Drag an optical fiber behind the probe. Acoustic communication which can also act as a backup in case the fiber breaks. | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 15:35 | answer | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 10:28 | answer | added | Andy aka | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 9:29 | comment | added | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Plan on packing a decent-sized reactor. | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 9:27 | history | asked | jumpjack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |