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That's why they crashed it into Saturn, to avoid possibly infecting the moons which might have life

• agumonkey 9y ago
  What about huygens ? was it entirely free of "polluants" ?
  • planteen 9y ago
    I think the fear was more about contaminating Enceladus where liquid water is known to exist than Titan where it does not.
  • mavhc 9y ago
    Cassini is plutonium powered, which is the main problem.
    • agumonkey 9y ago
      So they weren't concerned about organic but radioactive spoiling ? I guess organic and simple material would degrade in Saturn condition anyway ..