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Cassini at Saturn: 4 Years of Discovery

Started by PPI Brian, September 08, 2008, 06:32:36 PM

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PPI Brian

I found this video on the Cassini website last night and I had to share it. This has been a fantastic mission and I can't wait for the discoveries they will announce in the extended mission.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/cassini/cassini20080814/
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."--Carl Sagan

Brian Johnson


PPI Karl

I've been visiting the Cassini/Huygens website almost daily since it went up (no joking), and I have savored every moment of it.  To me, this has been the most rewarding and most productive of the missions, even better than the Galileo mission (but that comes in a very close second).  Titan!  What a huge, tantalizing mystery.  And lakes, actual lakes, on another body in the solar system--that just wows and excites me every time I see a new image of them posted.  Sexy. :P  I don't know what it is exactly, but it just ignites the "nerd" in me.

It's going to be a long wait before the New Horizons mission delivers this much cool stuff, and even then I'm a little worried it won't deliver like the Cassini/Huygens mission has. 
If you want to end your misery, start enjoying it, because there's nothing the universe begrudges more than our enjoyment.

PPI Brian

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Hi Karl,

I agree; I too have followed the Cassini mission since day one. But the Hubble Space Telescope will always have a special place in my heart. Who can forget the awesome image of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula?


I am really excited about the Atlantis servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope next month. NASA is installing a new Wide Field camera to replace to one that recently failed, and they're beefing up the batteries and installing new gyros so this amazing telescope can continue to amaze and inspire us for another decade.

Here's a link to NASA and some new HD videos about the Hubble mission:

http://www.nasa.gov/
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."--Carl Sagan

PPI Tim

Very Cool Brian.
We need to get the scopes out.
Tim
Sounds interesting...Go on.

PPI Brian

Quote from: PPI Tim on September 09, 2008, 03:20:22 AM
Very Cool Brian.
We need to get the scopes out.
Tim

I agree. I've been wanting to image Jupiter for weeks, but the weather hasn't been very cooperative.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."--Carl Sagan

Brian Johnson


PPI Karl

I have to agree, the ongoing Hubble mission produced some of the most spectacular photos of the universe ever.  So many people's imagination and passion for astronomy was sparked by Hubble.  I'm looking forward to the launch of the Kepler Mission with high hopes that it will ignite the same enthusiasm and sense of possibility in people.  It's going to be friggin' cool.
If you want to end your misery, start enjoying it, because there's nothing the universe begrudges more than our enjoyment.