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troutman · 09-15-2017, 10:14 AM

Celebrating and Mourning Cassini in Its Finale at Saturn

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/1....google.com%2F

Death Dive to Saturn

Follow Cassini's final days as it skims the cloud tops before plunging into the planet. Aired September 13, 2017 on PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/d...to-Saturn.html

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...the-light.html

Cassini is no more. At 10:31 according to its own clock, its thrusters could no longer hold its radio antenna pointed at Earth, and it turned away. A minute later, it vaporized in Saturn’s atmosphere.

09-15-2017, 10:14 AM	#3056
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Winebar Kensington Exp:	Celebrating and Mourning Cassini in Its Finale at Saturn https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/1....google.com%2F Death Dive to Saturn Follow Cassini's final days as it skims the cloud tops before plunging into the planet. Aired September 13, 2017 on PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/d...to-Saturn.html http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...the-light.html Cassini is no more. At 10:31 according to its own clock, its thrusters could no longer hold its radio antenna pointed at Earth, and it turned away. A minute later, it vaporized in Saturn’s atmosphere. __________________ https://www.mergenlaw.com/ http://cjsw.com/program/fossil-records/ twitter/instagram @troutman1966 Last edited by troutman; 09-15-2017 at 10:34 AM.