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We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« on: April 27, 2017, 04:10:55 pm »
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2017, 04:43:18 pm »
Amazing.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2017, 06:43:31 pm »
Here's an artist's conception of the encounter:



(Actually, that's the Google Doodle from yesterday, celebrating the fly-by...)
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2017, 06:50:33 pm »
I hope they got cool pics
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2017, 08:16:20 pm »
I'm hoping this should yield some awesome pictures.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2017, 09:33:03 pm »
Here's a cool pic:



Keep up with the latest on the Cassini mission here:  https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2017, 09:55:33 pm »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on April 27, 2017, 09:33:03 pm
Here's a cool pic:

Isn't that a close-up of a bathtub drain?  22222frying pan
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2017, 10:05:42 pm »
Quote from: geronl on April 27, 2017, 09:55:33 pm
Isn't that a close-up of a bathtub drain? 

Given that Cassini is, figuratively, even now circling the drain, I suppose it's fitting...
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2017, 10:07:35 pm »
Quote from: geronl on April 27, 2017, 09:55:33 pm
Isn't that a close-up of a bathtub drain?  22222frying pan

It would have to be a really big bathtub!   :tongue2:
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2017, 10:10:44 pm »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on April 27, 2017, 10:07:35 pm
It would have to be a really big bathtub!   :tongue2:

And, in the northern hemisphere; it's clockwise.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2017, 06:25:02 am »
Amazing pictures. I'm glad and humbled to see them, but I wish Cassini could live forever, flying around Saturn taking pictures. Not going off in a blaze of glory.

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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2017, 06:27:20 am »
Quote from: geronl on April 27, 2017, 09:55:33 pm
Isn't that a close-up of a bathtub drain?  22222frying pan
No, silly. It's Saturn's bellybutton.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2017, 06:29:47 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 28, 2017, 06:27:20 am
No, silly. It's Saturn's bellybutton.

Is it an innie or an outie?
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2017, 06:34:30 am »
Quote from: Freya on April 28, 2017, 06:29:47 am
Is it an innie or an outie?
Looks like an innie from here. :laugh:
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2017, 06:48:33 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 28, 2017, 06:34:30 am
Looks like an innie from here. :laugh:

And the rings look like Jane Jetson's bikini
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2017, 06:49:25 am »
Quote from: Freya on April 28, 2017, 06:48:33 am
And the rings look like Jane Jetson's bikini
Now, that's a show I miss...
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2017, 06:52:19 am »
 :2popcorn:
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 28, 2017, 06:49:25 am
Now, that's a show I miss...

I bought it a few years ago on VHS. :)
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2017, 07:01:22 am »
Quote from: Freya on April 28, 2017, 06:52:19 am
:2popcorn:
I bought it a few years ago on VHS. :)
I'm not even sure we still have a viable VHS. I need to dig around and check. Tons of tapes, though.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2017, 07:09:55 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 28, 2017, 07:01:22 am
I'm not even sure we still have a viable VHS. I need to dig around and check. Tons of tapes, though.

I have two VHS players. I'd be happy to give you one.
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Re: We did it! Cassini is in contact with Earth and sending back data after a successful dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings.
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2017, 07:12:31 am »
Quote from: Freya on April 28, 2017, 07:09:55 am
I have two VHS players. I'd be happy to give you one.
Thanks, but I think I know which tub to dig in. We packed all that up after the fire in '13 and some of it just hasn't been unpacked yet. If I can't find it, I may take you up on your gracious offer!
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