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NASA's Cassini

September 16, 2017 12:24AM
Cassini, NASA's 20 year Saturn study project, ended today with a grand finale. Seven years to get to its destination, and 13 years of sending data back to earth, the mission ended with a loss of signal to earth and a nose dive to the planet.

People worldwide saw this project go from widgets and wires to end of mission. That had to hurt!

Look here --> [saturn.jpl.nasa.gov] <-- for images.

Look here --> [images.nasa.gov] <-- for the Farewell video.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton


Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/16/2017 12:24AM by HonnyBrown.
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September 16, 2017 12:31AM
A spectacular ending to a spectacular mission. This and New Horizons (it went past Pluto) probably mark the end of the great NASA space missions. We may never see their like again.

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September 16, 2017 02:18AM
sassy, why do you say it's the end? That's far from the truth! New Horizons is studying Pluto, the International Space Station is currently doing research, MMS and GPM are studying the Earth's atmosphere, Curiosity is on Mars, Hubble is in space and sending images back daily, JWST is going to launch to deep space next year, and we are preparing to send astronauts to Mars. NASA has hundreds of active missions!

Look here --> [www.nasa.gov] <--.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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October 10, 2017 03:44PM
Thanks for posting, Honny. I enjoyed reading about this.
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October 11, 2017 01:39AM
rofl taco, you are very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton


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