So very, very cool. Our space probes and the everyone involved with the programs are accomplishing amazing things. Our own solar system is more diverse and interesting than most people, even sci-fi writers, ever imagined.
Flying by those south pole plumes and tasting Enceladus’ ocean are the next order of business. On October 28th, Cassini will make an even closer approach, sailing within 30 miles (49 kilometers) of the moon’s south polar region to sample Enceladus’ ocean water and analyze its chemistry. We already know that this extraterrestrial ocean is alkali like our own, and modeling studies suggest it could be dominated by the same chemical reactions that fueled life on early Earth.
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