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Cassini Begins Final Approach Phase (4 months out): New
Image Released
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| February 27, 2004
| Space Science Institute
Posted on 02/27/2004 8:52:06 AM PST by cogitator
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Open a hailing frequency to Saturn, Uhura.
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posted on
02/27/2004 8:52:07 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Awe heck, Scotty, just beam us down there!
To: petuniasevan
Dig it.
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:04:52 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Funky Homo Sapien)
To: cogitator
Really kind of awe inspiring when you consider the speed of the spacecraft, the distance to the planet, and the size of the planet in the image.
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:06:31 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(you win wars by making the other dumb SOB die for his country)
To: cripplecreek
Really kind of awe inspiring when you consider the speed of the spacecraft, the distance to the planet, and the size of the planet in the image. What's amazing to me is that power of the downlink at the antenna is equivalent to the amount of light from a lit match, as seen from 100 miles (or something like that).
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:10:51 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: cripplecreek
From the "Where is Cassini now"? web page
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:14:47 AM PST
by
alnitak
("That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver" - Foghorn Leghorn)
To: cogitator
What hath God wrought?
To: cogitator
I remember joining with a group of demonstrators in front of the White House seven years ago, "Freeping" a protest against Cassini's launch due to its plutonium-ceramic battery.
It's so gratifying to finally be here, four months out from arrival.
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:21:31 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: cripplecreek
Wait 'till you see the orbital insertion pictures - it's going to
fly right past the rings on July 1. (It's a Quicktime movie.)
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:25:21 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: RadioAstronomer
Ping!
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:28:26 AM PST
by
Aracelis
To: George from New England
Awe heck, Scotty, just beam us down there!(Scottish accent on) I'm going to need a lot more power, Cap'n, or you'll just get lost in the rings! (Scottish accent off)
To: mvpel
THAT is going to be very cool -- and that engine better fire!
To: cogitator
Saturn's shadow cast on the rings! Great picture!
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posted on
02/27/2004 9:48:09 AM PST
by
RossA
To: cogitator
God makes such prettty toys.
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:17:48 AM PST
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: cogitator
Cool! US space and robotic technology marches on.
Bttt
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:22:49 AM PST
by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: cogitator
My signature and those of my oldest two kids were scanned and placed on a CD aboard Cassini about eight years ago, along with thousands of other people. Pretty cool that it is finally nearing Saturn.
To: mvpel
Very cool.
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posted on
02/27/2004 10:25:27 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
("The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal Judiciary.")
To: Starrgaizr
My signature and those of my oldest two kids were scanned and placed on a CD aboard Cassini about eight years ago, along with thousands of other people. Pretty cool that it is finally nearing Saturn.I think I have my name on NEAR -- I know I put it on one of those missions!
To: r9etb
And it's astounding that if the satellite drives straight into the Saturn, it will pop like an overinflated balloon.
:-)
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posted on
02/27/2004 12:03:50 PM PST
by
theDentist
(Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
To: theDentist
I've spent hours playing with the Solar System Simulator at the link ... NASA JPL web site.
Great toy. Learning a lot.
Can anybody get it to work with the years 1998, 1999, or 2000? It seems to error in just that year range.
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
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