Posted on 07/25/2017 9:47:51 PM PDT by MtnClimber
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, scientists are finding—so far—that the planet's magnetic field has no discernable tilt. This surprising observation, which means the true length of Saturn's day is still unknown, is just one of several early insights from the final phase of Cassini's mission, known as the Grand Finale.
Other recent science highlights include promising hints about the structure and composition of the icy rings, along with high-resolution images of the rings and Saturn's atmosphere. Cassini is now in the 15th of 22 weekly orbits that pass through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings. The spacecraft began its finale on April 26 and will continue its dives until Sept. 15, when it will make a mission-ending plunge into Saturn's atmosphere.
"Cassini is performing beautifully in the final leg of its long journey," said Cassini Project Manager Earl Maize at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. "Its observations continue to surprise and delight as we squeeze out every last bit of science that we can get."
Cassini scientists are thrilled as well—and surprised in some cases—with the observations being made by the spacecraft in the finale. "The data we are seeing from Cassini's Grand Finale are every bit as exciting as we hoped, although we are still deep in the process of working out what they are telling us about Saturn and its rings," said Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker at JPL.
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You mean these animations reportedly taken from the capsule?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ZX0t_alqY
What satellite footage are you referring to?
For our weekend laugh at the liberals at NASA, here’s the “big floating head in space video” from “How To Fake Space Badly circa 1983”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pVm7p4nkwo
You mean these animations reportedly taken from the capsule?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ZX0t_alqY
What satellite footage are you referring to?
For our weekend laugh at the liberals at NASA, here’s the “big floating head in space video” from “How To Fake Space Badly circa 1983”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pVm7p4nkwo
I am talking about the images the NASA engineers were looking at to access damage after the cryo tank blew the side out of the Command Module.
The movie “Apollo 13” made a bit of reference to the images but never really went into detail of how they came into being.
I know (knew) several people who were sitting in Mission Control and the associated rooms looking at those images (including my dad) and trying to get the guys back alive.
https://www.spaceanswers.com/space-exploration/how-nasa-saved-apollo-13/
Walldog, are you following this "Cassini HD camera" discussion below, and the "all NASA photos of the earth are faked" canard? I thought maybe you could provide some information, at least on any Cassini questions...
Good, which satellite images?
No recollection of the imagery you are talking about.
“are you following this “Cassini HD camera” discussion below”
There is no discussion, just the typical childish nitwit without an education trying to act smarter than he is. An Internet pest, really.
The one I referenced at the bottom of my last post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ZX0t_alqY
All I see is a static photo of the footage I already posted; see above again.
I’m surprised FReepers don’t know that liberal, Islam-loving , Paris agreement pushing, climate change-loving lib nutballs at NASA admitted all their earth “photos” are faked.
And that they no longer know how to get back to the moon.
And that they believe there is some invisible barrier that prevents outer space travel, which they somehow are ascribing to man made causes ...
(coughTheFirmamentcough)
Why would any moral conservative believe anything NASA has to say... about anything?
Because we are overly sentimental about our memories of Apollo TV broadcasts?
These Uniparty Elites are laughing at us, 24/7.
And we deserve it.
Faked how? Please elaborate. What precisely are you saying? That photos were retouched? What are the specific ramifications of these "faked" photos?
Do you think the earth is flat or something? Do you think man didn't go to the moon?
What is it that these "faked" earth photos prove to you? Certainly they must be evidence of something more than simply "photoshopping" photos. Why is NASA "faking" these photos of the earth? Is it just for fun? Why do you think they're doing it? Surely you must believe there's some reason behind it?
Just about anyone can "fake" a photo, so what precisely are these NASA "faked" photos being produced in furtherance of?
Be specific on what it is that you're saying, because retouching photos, in and of itself, isn't particularly remarkable, unless it's done for some nefarious reason. What are these nefarious reasons?
Why don't you point us to your website—or someone else's—where the reason for all of these "faked" photos is explained?
It's not uncommon, for instance, for agencies to make a larger image which is composited from a "mosaic" of several partial images. Is that what you mean by "faked"? Did someone put the word "sex" in a cloud formation as some kind of joke? Is that what you mean by "faked"?
What exactly are you trying to suggest? That NASA is deceiving us? If so, to what end? Or are you just trying to piss in the sandbox for no particular reason?
What's the big "conspiracy" you feel the need to inform everyone about? We're all ears...
Lib whackos at NASA that are the problem: please just google around for "NASA says there is a man made barrier in space" or NASA says they have no actual photos of the earth from space
or NASA now says they can no longer go to the moon because they 'lost" the technology to do so... Do your own research and get back to me,
I'm new to this stuff, after only once having questioned George W Bush's weird desire to have his funding of NASA take precedence over stopping his 'open borders" policy during wartime.
Liberal, pro-climate change, pro-Paris Agreement, pro-Islam NASA is whom we are discussing, as a reminder.
The guys who now say they've "lost the technology to get back to the moon".
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