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NASA's Cassini Saturn Mission's Finale: "Something Unexpected is Awaiting Discovery"
The Daily Galaxy ^
| 24 Jul, 2017
Posted on 07/25/2017 9:47:51 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
It is amazing that we can send a spacecraft so far away and so precisely. The radio signals take so long to cross the span.
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posted on
07/25/2017 9:49:47 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
How long does it take a radio signal to reach Saturn from Earth?
I'm gonna guess about an hour thereabout?
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posted on
07/25/2017 10:09:40 PM PDT
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Fiddlstix
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To: Salamander; JoeProBono
NASA's Cassini Saturn Mission's Finale:
"Something Unexpected is Awaiting Discovery"
"What else did you expect, Baby?"
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posted on
07/25/2017 10:11:12 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: MtnClimber
It was launched in Oct. 1997 - 20 years ago.
Also from 1997:
“Apple Computer introduces the PowerBook 2400c notebook computer. It features 180 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 1.3 GB hard drive, 10.4-inch active-matrix color display, two PC Card slots. Weight is 4.4 pounds; price is to be about US$3500.”
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posted on
07/25/2017 10:17:15 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
To: shibumi
Cassini will Plunge.
Norman Fell.
To: Fiddlstix
I’m one of the mission controllers for Cassini at JPL...the current one-way light time is: 1 H 16 M.
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posted on
07/25/2017 10:30:02 PM PDT
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walldog
To: Fiddlstix
I’m one of the mission controllers for Cassini at JPL...the current one-way light time is: 1 H 16 M.
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posted on
07/25/2017 10:30:10 PM PDT
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walldog
To: walldog
I was on the design team for the ISS. Frankly, watching it in orbit, even now, is better than sex. Lasts longer, too.
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posted on
07/25/2017 10:43:10 PM PDT
by
jonascord
(First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
To: 21twelve
I remember being up around 4 in the morning to watch it launch. It’s doesn’t seem that long ago.
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posted on
07/25/2017 10:56:25 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Beneath Saturn’s clouds there lies a Silva lining.
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posted on
07/25/2017 11:05:19 PM PDT
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shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: walldog
Just checked with the website heavens-above.com. Saturn is currently about 858 million miles away. It was at opposition on June 15th of this year.
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07/25/2017 11:19:24 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: walldog
This must be an exciting time for you, as Cassini nears the end of its mission.
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posted on
07/25/2017 11:25:13 PM PDT
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Wilhelm Tell
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To: MtnClimber
I wish they could figure out what those rings are made out of.
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posted on
07/26/2017 12:00:37 AM PDT
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democratt)
To: walldog
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posted on
07/26/2017 12:14:25 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: MNDude
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07/26/2017 12:19:44 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
To: walldog; MtnClimber; ETL
I'm confused as to how the circa 1997 camera on Cassini has HD resolution from a BILLION miles away from earth?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raG9PRbtDJA
LOL
(and double LOL)
Reminds me of how NASA has been writing the word "SEX" in the clouds on some of the admittedly fake "blue marble" earth composites (fake photos) both from 2012 and 2015.
Triple LOL
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posted on
07/26/2017 12:40:36 AM PDT
by
Sontagged
(Lord Jesus: please expose, unveil and then frogmarch Your enemies behind You as You've promised...)
To: jonascord
Sorry. Meant my post 15 (above) for you.
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posted on
07/26/2017 1:06:30 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
To: MtnClimber
To: Berlin_Freeper
Debbie, also called the Bloop after the only sound it ever made, is a chimpanzee-like character on the Lost in Space television series. Debbie first appeared in season one in the episode "Island in the Sky." Debbie is a native of the planet Priplanus and was discovered after the Jupiter 2 crashed there. She was found by Don and given to Penny. Debbie also appeared in a number of season two episodes; she is shown in cameos in a couple of season three episodes, but these scenes are clearly footage from earlier episodes.
Debbie was played by Judy the Chimp; probably best remembered for her role on the TV series "Daktari."
http://lostinspace.wikia.com/wiki/Debbie_the_Bloop
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posted on
07/26/2017 5:53:01 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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