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"The heat generated by the RTG might create a pool/puddle of liquid whatever where there had been none before and introduce an undesired variable in the local environment."
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"impact the planet on a subsequent go-round."
And this will NOT introduce an undesired variable in the local environment?

I personally say, go to Saturn - close and personal.
Not sure if you understood what I said. Cassini impacting Saturn - 'the planet' - will certainly have a far lesser chance of creating a pool of liquid stuff where there was none before than would an impact on an icy moon.
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...If we were truly a geek society; we would have another mission on the way and and at least two more missions planned...
Second the motion!
And let's throw in a few more missions to Jupiter's moons
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Pretty new Enceladus plume pictures.

Universe Today: Fabulous! Enceladus Raw Flyby Images

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Carolyn Porco, the lead for Cassini's imaging team, warned on Twitter that the flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus performed by the spacecraft on Nov. 2 wasn't really an "imaging" flyby, and that we might have to wait until the Nov. 21 flyby for really good images. But just take a look the images returned so far, with stunning looks at the jets shooting from the moon! Another image takes a close look at the surface. These are raw, unprocessed images, but what images they are!
CICLOPS: Enceladus preview

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Planetary Society Blog: Prepare for your jaw to hit the floor when you see these pictures of Enceladus

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Wow, just wow. I didn't know what to expect from the second flyby of Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus in November, which happened yesterday. I knew the cameras were given control of spacecraft pointing during the closest part of the flyby, so that there should be some pretty cool photos of tiger stripes, but I have to confess I didn't expect anything tremendously different from the first high-res imaging flyby.

Well, I was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Cassini has sent back some of the most amazing images from the whole mission.
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