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nasa's planetary lake lander is

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developing robotic systems capable of

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identifying the signs of life in our

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solar system

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microbial ecologist dr eric fleming

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studies how life adapts to harsh

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environments research useful in refining

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the techniques needed for future

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exploration so on this expedition we've

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deployed a sensor package

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comprised of a buoy that will float on

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the surface of the lake and then it has

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a collection of sensors that hangs below

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it so it allows us to monitor various

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parameters in the lake various aspects

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of lake chemistry or like things like

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temperature

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like turbidity

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to see changes that may occur in the

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lake

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over a period of time you're going to

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see patterns

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so say we go to titan titan contains an

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environment that's so alien to us that

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it's hard for us to imagine any form of

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life but the one critical thing that we

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know that all life does is it forms

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gradients it changes the environment

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that it's in and thus creates a gradient

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within it that's what life does so if we

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go to

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a place like titan that's probably the

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best thing that we can look for is to

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look for gradients within the

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for more information on these topics go