Cassini Probe Sees Plastic Ingredient On Titan Moon 71
Ron024 writes "The Cassini probe has detected propene, or propylene, on Saturn's moon Titan. It is the first definitive detection of the plastic ingredient on any moon or planet, other than our home world, says the U.S. space agency (NASA). The discovery, made by Cassini's infrared spectrometer, is reported in Astrophysical Journal Letters [abstract]."
Beware of Autons (Score:4, Funny)
You know what this means? The Nestene Consciousness is probably living there with its army of Autons. Someone call the Doctor!
Carlin was right (Score:4, Funny)
Planets want plastic and we evolved to make lots of it. So get over your "save the planet" BS and start giving the planet more plastic.
We should create a Kickstarter to send a shipment to Titan which while working hard to make it's own, clearly would be happy with much more.
... untold environmental consequences ... (Score:5, Funny)
... when migrating aliens get their heads ( er ... extended body parts? ) caught in these 6 pack devil traps and can no longer execute their primary function:
** probing anal orifices **
A sad discovery indeed.
Uh oh (Score:4, Funny)
So aliens use plastic too eh? Greenpeace is going to have a fit...