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Phosphorous detection strengthens case for Enceladus’ habitability – Astronomy Now (astronomynow.com)
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Researchers studying archived data from NASA’s Cassini probe have detected high concentrations of phosphorous in salt-rich ices spewing from the cracked crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data strengthen the case for a habitable environment in an ocean below the world’s frozen surface.

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[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm hoping that the new class of super heavy lift rockets, along with distributed lift, will let us get small payloads to outer solar system destinations a lot faster and accelerate planetary science. Huge payloads to LEO are great, but so are small payloads with a ton of Delta-V.