Enceladus.  Frozen moon of Saturn.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft just performed a high speed, point blank flyby (just 33 miles off the surface at 40,000 mph) to get a close look at Enceladus’s fractured surface. Cassini dodged ice particles and mission-ending gas rings to investigate the moon’s ice spewing geysers.

Not only was liquid water discovered, but the cosmic ejaculations also contained simple biological compounds. Molested by Saturn’s gravity, the small satellite splits and gushes continually under the strain. Friction in the fractures is thought to create enough heat to support areas of perpetual liquid water. Given the trace organics in the geyser plumes, the quest for life is on.

Alien aquatics or not, one thing is certain, Enceladus is responsible for the existence of one of the parent planet’s rings (the “E” ring), which it soars through and seems to replenish with it’s tremendous expulsions.

Weeeee !

Cassini Enceladus Mission document for the hardcore.

The mp3 is a rip from this copy, dusties and all.

Found this gem of a 45 several years ago at Lotusland records in Milwaukee and have been wearing it out ever since. Once my anthem, and now again, briefly we hope.

The Jive Bombers once included a gal named Lil Armstrong, Louis Armstrong’s wife. She wrote this song. It’s called Bad boy. If you can’t dig it, you got a broke shovel.

bad-boy.mp3