Cassini probe sees plastic ingredient on Titan moon

David Bostwick wrote:

Yousuf Khan wrote in
:

It is the first definitive detection of the plastic ingredient on any
moon or planet, other than our home world, says the US space agency
(Nasa)."

So where are the manufacturing plants that turn a simple molecule into
plastic? They should be big enough to see.

That's a thermoplastic, so NASA could send some
3D printers there and make mountains of plastic
figurines and other tchotchkas before the first
settlers arrive.