Cassini, The NASA Spacecraft That Expanded The Search For Life Beyond Earth, Dies In Saturn’s Sky
Cassini was the largest outerplanetary spacecraft ever built and performed its near-20 year mission in exemplary fashion.
I admit I was little sad to see it go *poof*.
UPDATE: A reminder that Cassini's launch on 10/15/97 was very controversial because it carried 72 pounds of Plutonium 238. There were many protests and much vocal opposition to the mission. You think they feel foolish today? Nah.
16 comments:
How come I, a reasonably informed person, have not heard of the knowledge gathered by Cassini? We are fed a constant stream of stupid and inconsequential stories instead.
It is sad, but everything has a beginning and an end.
Love Jan's comment. She's spot on too.
Have a fabulous day. ☺
Planned Obsolescence to the nth degree.
You would think there would have been pressure to recycle.
Was there an Environmental Impact Statement?
:)
Jan: That's why you come here ;) Seriously, I think the media is too busy with anti-Trump, Kadashian/Beyonce/celebutard news stories to promote information such as the Cassini probe's incredible data. It's a sad situation.
Sandee: My brain understands, but my heart was heavy to see the transmissions come to an end.
I've been fond of robots all of my life and this was one great little robot.
Ed Bonderenka: It would have taken 7 years for Cassini to journey back to Earth and it just didn't have the power. It was always meant to be a one way mission. As it entered Saturn's atmosphere, it began to melt and then it was vaporized, but it transmitted up until the second that happened.
These one way probes are amazing, it is sad to see their journeys come to an end.
Messymimi: My geeky nature lets me become engrossed in the daily chores of these amazing machines. Cassini did its job exceedingly well and many generations of geeks will thrive on the data it "phoned" home. Still, it was sad to see the mission end.
Cassini was such an awesome mission. The pictures are beyond fabulous. The logistics beyond impressive (Cassini arrived at Saturn by flying through the gap in the rings). The Huygens probe that took video as it descended and landed on Saturn's moon Titan was in my opinion beyond impressive. Video of landing on one of Saturn's moons. Awesome. Dang those JPL folks.
Final Image - https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
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I freaked out a bit as I started reading your post, thinking it was MANNED! whew!
My buddy Ruth's stepson is on that latest thing up in space now....Bresnick is his name. Can't WAIT to hear about that space travel!
Though I'm not really at all interested in this stuff (I know, Cube, I know...we definitely have different likes:-)!!!
Kid: I loved it all the way. I never felt it was a danger to us. I watched the final transmissions and they made me very sad.
Granny Annie: I'm glad I instructed you on this. The universe is full of wonderful things. I'm always looking for them. I'll never stop.
Z: Lol. No, we're not there yet!! Whew, indeed. I know that our likes are very different, but I still love nonetheless.
Target nasa.
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