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In roughly 9 months Cassini will crash into Saturn ending its 20 year mission
Posted on 12/11/16 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 12/11/16 at 9:56 pm
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Cassini was an incredible spacecraft and seemed to keep on delivering beautiful images of Saturn and its moons.
Wikipedia page on it: LINK
NASA page: LINK
NASA Cassini image gallery: LINK
Cassini was an incredible spacecraft and seemed to keep on delivering beautiful images of Saturn and its moons.
Wikipedia page on it: LINK
NASA page: LINK
NASA Cassini image gallery: LINK
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The spacecraft launched on October 15, 1997 aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur and entered orbit around Saturn on July 1, 2004, after an interplanetary voyage that included flybys of Earth, Venus, and Jupiter. On December 25, 2004, Huygens separated from the orbiter and landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005. It successfully returned data to Earth, using the orbiter as a relay. This was the first landing ever accomplished in the outer Solar System.
This post was edited on 12/11/16 at 10:33 pm
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Posted on 12/11/16 at 9:59 pm to DavidTheGnome
man, it sure doesn't seem like it has been that damn log since that thing was launched. been a good spacecraft that accomplished exactly what we wanted.
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
NASA rules
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:06 pm to crazyLSUfan
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NASA rules
Muslim outreach paying dividends!
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:07 pm to DavidTheGnome
Pretty cool, but I fail to see how this helps with Muslim outreach.
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:11 pm to DavidTheGnome
Crazy to think that 1997 is 20 years ago. Seems like yesterday
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:18 pm to DavidTheGnome
So it went to Venus,turned around, came back by Earth and went to Saturn?
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:20 pm to Soup Sammich
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So it went to Venus,turned around, came back by Earth and went to Saturn?
Gravity assist: LINK
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:21 pm to Soup Sammich
Be glad it will crash into Saturn and not Uranus.
Posted on 12/11/16 at 10:43 pm to PsychTiger
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Be glad it will crash into Saturn and not Uranus.
Is Uranus a planet or black hole?
Posted on 12/12/16 at 8:00 am to DavidTheGnome
Another neat space probe Juno just made (or is in the process of) it's third orbit around Jupiter.
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At the time of closest approach (called perijove), Juno will be about 2,580 miles (4,150 kilometers) above the gas giant's roiling cloud tops and traveling at a speed of about 129,000 mph (57.8 kilometers per second) relative to the planet. Seven of Juno's eight science instruments will be energized and collecting data during flyby.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 8:14 am to DavidTheGnome
I remember that the launch of Cassini was somewhat controversial because its plutonium power source. Bill had to go on TV to reassure people that everything would be all right.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 8:15 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 12/12/16 at 8:39 am to Loungefly85
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I remember that the launch of Cassini was somewhat controversial because its plutonium power source. Bill had to go on TV to reassure people that everything would be all right.
Sadly we had a 30 year stretch of not producing any, and while we started back up it's not much. Our spacecrafts could be much more powerful than they are but are having to deal with limited quantities of Plutonium 238 so being forced to rely on solar.
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Posted on 12/12/16 at 8:45 am to DavidTheGnome
quote:Why didnt they just call Libya?
Sadly we had a 30 year stretch of not producing any, and while we started back up it's not much. Our spacecrafts could be much more powerful than they are but are having to deal with limited quantities of Plutonium 238 so being forced to rely on solar
Posted on 12/12/16 at 9:07 am to DavidTheGnome
In other news my state of the art 2016 smart phone battery can't make it past 3pm each day. 
Posted on 12/12/16 at 9:27 am to DavidTheGnome
We can land on another planets moon but we can't balance the fed budget. Maybe we should stop going to OTHER planets.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 9:36 am to rattlebucket
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We can land on another planets moon but we can't balance the fed budget. Maybe we should stop going to OTHER planets.
NASA amounts to a miniscule amount of the federal budget and is seemingly one of the only competent agencies there is. There's much better places to trim the fat.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 9:49 am to Loungefly85
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I remember that the launch of Cassini was somewhat controversial because its plutonium power source. Bill had to go on TV to reassure people that everything would be all right.
The launch and also the gravity assist when it flew back by Earth. Some people were worried that it would crash into the planet.
I have to say that of all the probes we've sent to other planets, Cassini has been one of the most successful.
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