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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has survived an unprecedented trip between Saturn and its rings | |
| TheToolMan Offer Upgrade  User ID: 71489331  United States04/27/2017 12:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "In the grandest tradition of exploration, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has once again blazed a trail, showing us new wonders and demonstrating where our curiosity can take us if we dare," said Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. As it dove through the gap, Cassini came within about 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops (where the air pressure is 1 bar -- comparable to the atmospheric pressure of Earth at sea level) and within about 200 miles (300 kilometers) of the innermost visible edge of the rings. While mission managers were confident Cassini would pass through the gap successfully, they took extra precautions with this first dive, as the region had never been explored. "No spacecraft has ever been this close to Saturn before. We could only rely on predictions, based on our experience with Saturn's other rings, of what we thought this gap between the rings and Saturn would be like," said Cassini Project Manager Earl Maize of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "I am delighted to report that Cassini shot through the gap just as we planned and has come out the other side in excellent shape." Twenty-one more crossings are planned — about one a week — before Cassini's fatal plunge in September. Pictures: [link to www.nasa.gov (secure)] Source: [link to www.nasa.gov (secure)]  "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." |
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| Sassy Granny User ID: 70382294 United States04/27/2017 12:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow that's a tough little spacecraft. [link to qanonmap.github.io (secure)] Thread: q-list of abbreviations Thread: "DOT" Global Consciousness Project [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.” Quoted by Lincoln-written by John Lydgate THIS world is not conclusion; A sequel stands beyond,Invisible, as music, But positive, as sound.-Emily Dickinson |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 73898434 United States04/27/2017 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I also notice that the astronomer it is named after (unless it is named for his son) Giovanni Domenico Cassini died on September 14th. What with Saturn being involved in occult stuff could this NASA maneuvering have any significance in that regard? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74387609  Canada04/27/2017 03:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is there any danger they can ignite Saturn's gases and explode the planet when they plunge Cassini into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15th? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73898434 I also notice that the astronomer it is named after (unless it is named for his son) Giovanni Domenico Cassini died on September 14th. What with Saturn being involved in occult stuff could this NASA maneuvering have any significance in that regard? Yea, they wanna light it up into another sun |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 68852818 United States04/27/2017 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is there any danger they can ignite Saturn's gases and explode the planet when they plunge Cassini into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15th? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73898434 I also notice that the astronomer it is named after (unless it is named for his son) Giovanni Domenico Cassini died on September 14th. What with Saturn being involved in occult stuff could this NASA maneuvering have any significance in that regard? Really? Really??? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74000880 United States04/27/2017 04:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "In the grandest tradition of exploration, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has once again blazed a trail, showing us new wonders and demonstrating where our curiosity can take us if we dare," said Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Quoting: TheToolMan As it dove through the gap, Cassini came within about 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops (where the air pressure is 1 bar -- comparable to the atmospheric pressure of Earth at sea level) and within about 200 miles (300 kilometers) of the innermost visible edge of the rings. While mission managers were confident Cassini would pass through the gap successfully, they took extra precautions with this first dive, as the region had never been explored. "No spacecraft has ever been this close to Saturn before. We could only rely on predictions, based on our experience with Saturn's other rings, of what we thought this gap between the rings and Saturn would be like," said Cassini Project Manager Earl Maize of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "I am delighted to report that Cassini shot through the gap just as we planned and has come out the other side in excellent shape." Twenty-one more crossings are planned — about one a week — before Cassini's fatal plunge in September. Pictures: [link to www.nasa.gov (secure)] Source: [link to www.nasa.gov (secure)] :der: One of the Voyagers went through the rings. So he's wrong in saying none have ever been that close. |
