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Cassini Finds Evidence of Water

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-there-little-space-buddies dept.

CheshireCatCO writes "Scientists working on the Cassini Mission think that they have found compelling evidence for the existence of liquid water at the south pole of the moon Enceladus. In addition to the obvious puzzles relating to how temperatures can be held high enough for liquid water, the presence of water, as well as the detection of organic molecules, opens up the possibility for life at Enceladus's south polar region. The findings are to appear in the 10 March issue of the journal, Science"

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  1. Business Plan: by tverbeek · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Send equipment to southern Enceladus

    2. Bottle the icy-cold water

    3. Ship bottles to Earth

    4. Sell "Enceladus Springs" at outrageous prices

    5. (Need I say more?)

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    1. Re:Business Plan: by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 3, Funny

      You forgot
      6. Get modded down for a tired joke.

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    2. Re:Business Plan: by NitsujTPU · · Score: 2, Funny

      True, but I heard that Apples contain arsenic!

    3. Re:Business Plan: by Old+Wolf · · Score: 4, Funny

      > 6. Get modded down for a tired joke.

      This is Slashdot, tired jokes get modded up !

      IN SOVIET RUSSIA, YOU JOKE ABOUT MODDED TIRES!

  2. Arthur C Clarke says ... by nmccart · · Score: 4, Funny

    All these worlds
    Are yours except
    Europa
    Attempt no
    Landing there
    Use them together
    Use them in peace

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    1. Re:Arthur C Clarke says ... by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
      > All these worlds
      > Are yours except
      > Europa
      > Attempt no
      > Landing there
      > Use them together
      > Use them in peace

      All these world
      Are belong to you
      Except Enceladus
      Move no Zig there
      For great justice
      And because it will get wet

  3. Great! by christopher240240 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's the perfect place for me and my rag-tag band of misfit rebels to establish a secret base! I just hope that taun-taun life is sustainable there.

  4. H2O? by imstanny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they know that it's Water as in H2O or simply a liquidy viscuous substance that shoots from a small opening at the tip of the moon?

  5. Pardon me... by GillBates0 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...while I run out to light up my giant "WELCOME TO EARTH" sign.

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  6. slashdotted already? by spanklin · · Score: 5, Funny
    I teach astronomy, and I just tried to go to Cassini's website for some information for a presentation I'm giving next week. When I found the Cassini website down with some strange error, I clicked over to /. to check the news until their site comes back up. Lo and behold, the first story on /. is about Cassini.

    Did you all purposely do this?

  7. That's no moon... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...it's an Evian station!

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  8. Re:I don't like to complain but.. by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    All of the NASA money is going into manned space programs. Money for the science space program depends on how much money is left over from updating the website.

  9. Maybe . . . by ndansmith · · Score: 3, Funny
    Do they know that it's Water as in H2O or simply a liquidy viscuous substance that shoots from a small opening at the tip of the moon?

    It's oil. Now we can get our petrol without having to rely on those unstable sources like Canada.

  10. Let's use some logic by Expert+Determination · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pluto is made of solid matter. The Earth is made of solid matter (it least its surface has a large solid component). There are computers on Earth. So maybe there are computers on Pluto. I vote that we allocate funds to NASA to research this hypothesis.

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  11. Bwahahaha! by kadathseeker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can ship myself and a ton of robots and equipment there and begin to fufill my evil plans...

    I will have the first wave of gas staions, drive-throughs, and Starbucks on the spacelanes and secure a monopoly all for myself!

    Bwahahaha! Monopoly! I feel like Bill Gates...

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