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Encore For Enceladus! Saturn Moon Ripe For Astrobiology Exploration
space.com ^
| 04/03/06
| Leonard David
Posted on 04/03/2006 5:15:06 PM PDT by KevinDavis
BOULDER, Colorado—The discovery of apparent liquid water reservoirs erupting in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus has produced a gusher of questions.
One leading unknown to solve: Could liquid water residing within a body so small and so cold provide comfort-level conditions suitable for living organisms?
NASA announced last month that high-resolution Cassini images of Enceladus show icy jets and lofty plumes that expel large quantities of particles at high speed. Scientists think the jets spout from near-surface pockets of liquid water, super-cold versions of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: enceladus; saturn; space
Enceladus Ho!...
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:16:07 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
If I were a betting man, Enceladus would be my bet for life forms bigger than single cell life.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:18:23 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: KevinDavis
Isn't the same phenomenon true for Neptune?
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:20:31 PM PDT
by
gotribe
(Just tired of going easy on islam)
To: gotribe; All
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:22:18 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: cripplecreek; All
When we do send humans to the outer solar system, I Titan, Eruopa, and Enceladus are prime candidates for exploration...
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:23:25 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
It's a cool looking place too.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:28:58 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: cripplecreek; All
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:29:51 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
Hopefully the eco-wackos won't start demanding that space eco-systems be left intact.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:39:22 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: KevinDavis
I would think that Europa is a hell of a lot closer and (probably)has the liquid water needed for life as we know it.
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posted on
04/04/2006 3:20:39 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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