For the benefit of those who may not be aware :
Cassini-Hyugens Mission to Saturn (and Titan)
Launched in 1997, the Cassini spacecraft (bearing the Hyugens probe that is scheduled to descend into Titan in Jan 2005) finally entered Saturn's orbit just a few days ago after a long, cold and lonely 7 year journey
Full details and future updates can be accessed on NASA's dedicated mission webpage here :
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
Cheers,
Cassini-Hyugens arrives at Saturn !
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Cassini-Hyugens arrives at Saturn !
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I've been updating myself via space.com and bbc.com's avantgo channel daily. I strongly recommend these 2 avantgo channels as bbc and space.com has very frequent (practically daily) news. for bbc, look under the SCI (science) section.
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Hi,
Yes... the image is crappy for public... but it is very spectacular and valuable to scientists.
Anyway, don't expect too much from the probe... Just hope that it will survive long enough to send back something useful.
Have a nice day.
Yes... the image is crappy for public... but it is very spectacular and valuable to scientists.
Anyway, don't expect too much from the probe... Just hope that it will survive long enough to send back something useful.
Have a nice day.
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This is an amazing piece of hardware. Imagine able to navigate between Saturn's rings! Titan is a bonus for the trip but I'm thinking if this probe would have a chance to accelerate even faster than Pioneer and Voyager when it leaves the solar system. Afterall, it has a nuclear reactor with half life of 500 years and with new 2000s era thermicouple, should be able to generate power much longer than its 2 predecessors...maybe a chance to make it to the edge of our solar system and still send back signals (about 70 AU out, I think)....
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