[Interview] We Must Go Back To Enceladus! Here's Why

Enceladus is the most interesting world in our Solar System in terms of exploration potential. It just is. But at the moment there are no approved missions to come back there. In this interview I'm discussing a New Frontiers class mission concept, the Astrobiology eXploration at Enceladus (AXE) with Dr Marshall Seaton from NASA JPL. 🪐 Astrobiology eXploration at Enceladus (AXE) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/acd119 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 02:27 How does Enceladus feel like 04:45 Why go back to Enceladus 15:20 AXE mission concept 23:10 How should we search for life 29:03 Building a New Frontiers class mission 46:46 Other icy ocean worlds 51:08 How special is Enceladus 54:37 What's next for the mission concept 58:40 Career path for young scientists 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Q3W-0LecU5k 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast