Everyone and their mother has commented on the water found on Enceladus. There is speculation about life. If life doesn't exist on Enceladus, and to a good second approximation we should know in a few decades, I suggest seeding the moon with Terran organisms that might be able to survive and flourish. In a few decades genetic engineering might also progress to a point where exotic prokaryote metabolisms could be synthesized with the physiology of more complex aquatic organisms. Nuts? Yeah, probably, but so what. I don't believe that God exists, but I suspect It might in the future. Someone should start practicing.
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