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  • Cassini Saturn probe: end days

    After 20 years exploring Saturn and it's moons, Cassini is running out of propellants.

    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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    It's done very well..
    paulw

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    • #3
      Yes it has, we got our money's worth out of Cassini.

      New Horizons carries on after Pluto, now on it's way to a Jan. 2019 encounter with 2014 MU69 - a large Kuiper Belt Object and likely another minor planet.
      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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      • #4
        Suicide by planet.
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        • #5
          Best way to handle the planetary protection issues as regards Enceladus, Titan etc.
          Dr. Mordrid
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          An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

          I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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