Cassini In Saturn Orbit

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

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NASA's Cassini probe has become the first spacecraft ever to begin orbiting the giant planet of Saturn about 930 million miles from Earth.

The probe shot through a gap in Saturn's rings and then fired its engine in a critical maneuver to enter Saturn orbit.

"The spacecraft is just really looking solid," Cassini program manager Robert Mitchell said, amid cheers at mission control.

Klaatu, Barada, Nikto... :bcool

MIKE BURN · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:45 am Post subject: Re: Cassini In Saturn Orbit

Oh well, if I wouldn't know (well, being told) that this is a photograph I would say it's a painting

Over the day new photos should be available showing Saturn as never seen before

Exciting that is

)))

MIKE

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DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

I was hoping that the gap in the ring was really a gap, and not just some mistake by someone and full of particles that we could not detect. Titan is the big fish we're all looking to find out more about. This should be interesting.

Not bad for a bunch of "cowboys", eh?

MIKE BURN · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Cassini In Saturn Orbit

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DreamTone7

Not bad for a bunch of "cowboys", eh?

Grrrrrr.....

Well... it's of interest for all people on the globe here to understand the universe.

You brought it up

so let me mention that I found it rather irritating to see a picture of American scientists on CNN with a giant U.S. flag in the background (you rather saw a U.S. flag than scientists though) obviously denying that the Saturn mission is a cooperation of the USA and 17 (!) European countries. The $3.3 billion mission was funded by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

AQUARIAN AGE · Austrian Peacekeeper Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 612

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You brought it up so let me mention that I found it rather irritating to see a picture of American scientists on CNN with a giant U.S. flag in the background (you rather saw a U.S. flag than scientists though) obviously denying that the Saturn mission is a cooperation ofthe USA and 17 (!) European countries. The $3.3 billion mission was funded by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

Exactly.

AQUARIAN AGE · Austrian Peacekeeper Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 612

btw. including Germany and Austria....so you´d better not even think of flag waving, Dreamtone, unless you grab all 18!!!

DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

I knew it'd get a rise out of some folks. Nationalism is alive and breathing!

Your right, of course...it is a joint venture. The probe was not named after an American...wasn't it an Italian astronomer who was busy finding Saturn's moons way back when?

BUT...JPL in Pasadena, California is where the show is being run from. Hence, the reference to "us cowboys".

AQUARIAN AGE · Austrian Peacekeeper Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 612

"Nationalism is alive and breathing!"

Yeah, but the good thing is, it was only one country so far that started flag waving. There´s hope! :evil

DreamnTone7 · Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 1

It could be inferred that the flag was there because it was a US venture (which would be wrong), or you could infer that it was because it was located in the United States. Which you CHOOSE to infer tells more than does the presence of the flag itself.

I can guarentee you that if JPL was in Germany, and there was a German flag in the background, that there would not be a bunch of rabid Americans crying "Foul...we've been wronged!" So, it is not I who has CHOSEN to focus on the flag... :eyebrow

(Note: No intent to imply that anyone on this board is rabid.)

AQUARIAN AGE · Austrian Peacekeeper Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 612

Nevermind....you gave us the ball, Mike took it and I ...well, was just in the mood to kick it back to you.

:box

DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

Sometimes I think we're all just a bunch of stinkers with too much time on our hands.

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

Well...let me just say, then...

HATS OFF to the ESA, the Italian Space Agency, and NASA, for a Job Well Done...together we can really Kick some Major Ass, eh??

We as Earthers will never be able to accomplish these types of things without this type of cooperation....Star Trek is really not as far-fetched as some believe...

When it comes to Deep Space (and anything else, really...think how great it would be and the accomplishments!!), it's time to put away flags and pride and come together under ONE flag...the flag of EARTH...

Am I right?? :dunno

Watch "The Day The Earth Stood Still"....GREAT message to everyone on the planet still today.

Looking forward to the killer pictures I know Mike will be posting...he is a master at this.

Hwagang · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 84

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We as Earthers will never be able to accomplish these types of things without this type of cooperation....Star Trek is really not as far-fetched as some believe...

...all us Terrans say; yeeeooo yeeeooo...

grouphug!!

/Hwagang

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AQUARIAN AGE · Austrian Peacekeeper Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 612

Yeah! btw. is there an Earth flag yet?

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

You got it, my brother....

ONE PLANET FOR ALL...