Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Feb 6 2009, 03:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Perhaps now would be a good time to start a new thread on the Extended-Extended Mission.
http://www.space.com/news/090127-cassini-m...-extension.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Feb 4 2010, 02:00 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
To co-incide with the exhaustion of spacecraft consumables after a 13 year study of the Saturnian system.
Nothing to be sad about - the phrase 'blaze of glory' has never been more apt. |
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Feb 4 2010, 02:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
People just have to realize orbiters doing orbital tours like this cannot last indefinitely. They use consumables that eventually have to run out and then the spacecraft orbit becomes uncontrollable. Barring hardware failures, it's still somewhat different than Mars rovers in that regard.
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