An Archimedes-Screw Auger Probe for Enceladus: Traction Torque, Advance Rate and Power Budget

This paper presents a complete sizing study of the system in its title, built from named physical relations applied to a stated set of environmental inputs, with all results labelled SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED. The probe is a civilian science vehicle intended to burrow to liquid water beneath the surface of Enceladus and to sample it for chemistry; it has no purpose beyond peaceful exploration. Headline computed outcomes are available traction of 8,100 newtons, advance rate of 194.4 metres per day and vehicle weight on Enceladus of 23.7 newtons. Because every figure traces to the deposited script, a reader who disputes an input can re-run the whole argument with a different one and see exactly which conclusions move.