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The Little Robot that Could
Join a group of scientists and engineers as they take a submersible robot down to Mexico to dive possibly the world's deepest sinkhole, map its interior, and test for living organisms. They are preparing for a future trip to Jupiter's moon Europa, when a diving robot will have do these things without human help -- and only after melting through the moon's thick icy crust.

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