a small probe by the name of Huygens
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Before Cassini arrived at Saturn, we knew of 43 moons that circle the gas giant and its rings. Since the the spacecraft began its investigation of the Saturn system, in 2004, that number has jumped to a total of 62 confirmed moons, and 2 more that are unconfirmed. Cassini itself is credited with finding 7 of those moons, plus four tiny moonlets in the planet's A ring, and both of the unconfirmed moons.
As Cassini pulled into orbit around Saturn, it detached a small probe by the name of Huygens, which plunged into the atmosphere of Titan, deployed a parachute and settled down onto Titan's surface to give us our first views from this frigid, hydrocarbon moon.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the mission for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Cassini imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Caltech in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.
For more information about Cassini, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/cassini
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http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/cassin ... milestones
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I don't like to kill pirates in cold blood ..I do it.. but I don't like it..
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A neat coincidence. That is, assuming George hasn't been predicting the future again.
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Well, considering that the Cassini-Huygens mission was launched in 1997… ^.~
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This is evidence that I need to get some sleep. Two days awake in a row is one too many.
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Truth is stranger than fiction.JohnBWatson wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:00 pmA neat coincidence. That is, assuming George hasn't been predicting the future again.
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However, the Difference here is that Transcendence is not set so far away and on such a flimsy platform such as politics and hopes of technology that may never really get off the ground to remain relevant through the years.
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So is it "predicting the future" or living the past of a former a rising civilization as it attempts to rise again?
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…At which point someone is more or less obligated to say, “Let me show you its features!”shanejfilomena wrote:Last night I saw a Lego Gun
( a wooden weapon built to shoot Lego Bricks for "The Slingshot Channel" ) :
we already have a Lego Ship ( since 2011 )...http://xelerus.de/index.php?s=mod&id=890 with it's light ABS plastic armor & Red Burst blaster ......
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Exactly ...AssumedPseudonym wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2017 6:18 am…At which point someone is more or less obligated to say, “Let me show you its features!”shanejfilomena wrote:Last night I saw a Lego Gun
( a wooden weapon built to shoot Lego Bricks for "The Slingshot Channel" ) :
we already have a Lego Ship ( since 2011 )...http://xelerus.de/index.php?s=mod&id=890 with it's light ABS plastic armor & Red Burst blaster ......
Flying Irresponsibly In Eridani......
I don't like to kill pirates in cold blood ..I do it.. but I don't like it..
I don't like to kill pirates in cold blood ..I do it.. but I don't like it..