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The mission would involve developing a new kind of spacecraft known as Trident.
It would fly to Triton and take photographs of the icy object, while also studying its atmosphere and chemical makeup for signs of an underground ocean.
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Little is known about Triton, and the only images we have of the moon were captured by the Voyager 2 probe in 1989.
During that flyby, space boffins spotted geysers on Triton that spewed out nitrogen gas. Nasa earmarked it for further research.
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NASA Wants to Explore Neptune’s Moon Triton—Solar System’s Coldest Object May Have Ocean Life
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Remember Darwin; building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
(Score: 2) by Alfred on Monday March 25 2019, @06:21PM