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Robb
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Posted - 06/29/2004 :  10:11:22  Show Profile Send Robb a Private Message
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html

It will be interesting to find out more about Saturn's rings and makeup. And the pictures will be beautiful.

Dude
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Posted - 06/29/2004 :  12:46:07   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Dude a Private Message
Yeah, looking forward to some killer pics from this mission.

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Dr. Mabuse
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Posted - 06/29/2004 :  15:27:35   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Robb

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html

It will be interesting to find out more about Saturn's rings and makeup. And the pictures will be beautiful.

Saturn rings may be a source of ice if we want to terraform Mars.
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satans_mom
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Posted - 07/01/2004 :  00:21:07   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send satans_mom an AOL message  Send satans_mom a Yahoo! Message Send satans_mom a Private Message
I've only begun to fully appreciate the cosmetology of science, although satellite photos of celestial bodies have always been fascinating. I wonder what NASA will find?

I wonder how far off in the future it will be when we can send satellites to orbit planets in other solar systems. Perhaps we'll find "life." One thing is for sure, if this were to happen, our technology will have to advance by thousands of years. I don't think I'll live that long.

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Dude
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Posted - 07/01/2004 :  15:36:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Dude a Private Message
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One thing is for sure, if this were to happen, our technology will have to advance by thousands of years. I don't think I'll live that long.


We have the technology to send a robotic mission to the nearest stars, it would just take a LONG (4-5 years to centari-proxima, I think, if you can accelerate the craft to almost lightspeed. Longer is your moving slower, and if you rev up that fast you'll need to be able to decel at the other end of the trip) time for them to get there, not to mention a much bigger rocket than required for sending stuff to our own solar system.

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Dude
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Posted - 07/01/2004 :  21:05:08   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Dude a Private Message
http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view_event.php?id=5

http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view.php?id=213

http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view.php?id=218

wow.

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Chippewa
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Posted - 07/02/2004 :  01:05:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Chippewa's Homepage Send Chippewa a Private Message
Wow is right! Saturn has always amazed me.

And then later, Huygens lands on Titan. (I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll get good pictures from the surface!)

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Maverick
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Sweden
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Posted - 07/07/2004 :  23:32:14   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Maverick a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Chippewa

Wow is right! Saturn has always amazed me.

And then later, Huygens lands on Titan. (I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll get good pictures from the surface!)

That's something I'm looking forward to as well. And of course more detailed images of the rings.

"Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy." -- Carl Sagan
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