Deep ESP at Ashes Site 2011

This video highlights the technical and scientific aspects of the Deep-sea Environmental Processor deployment at Axial Seamount during July 2011. Technical innovations included an ROV-deployable sampling wand and exchangeable external battery packs. The wand was inserted into a tubeworm encrusted hydrothermal vent to sample the high temperature-tolerant bacteria that live beneath the seafloor.

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[thezombiekisser]

Why is NASA a sponser?

[MBARIvideo]

NASA's Astrobiology Science & Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) program is interested in some of the technologies used in the Deep ESP for eventual use in NASA space probes to look for life at possible hydrothermal vents beneath the surface of a liquid ocean on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. You can watch our video "The Environmental Sample Processor" for more information on this technology.

[Frogger0neXx]

Wow. These are amazing footage. Must be fun working with those robots, Heh heh. Thanks for sharing.

[MBARIvideo]

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[zorple]

The manoeuvrability and versatility of these ROVs is really impressive. Very cool.

[embyrr922]

Robots are both scary and awesome. I hope you guys get exciting data.