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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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, 02:49 PM
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Definitely! I'm excited about the news!
Another thing to keep in mind, MahFL, is contamination. Enceladus became a very attractive target for astrobiology since the arrival of Cassini. It would be a shame of biological contaminants were to be accidentally introduced onto Enceladus from Cassini though an impact in the distant future. Depositing the spacecraft into Saturn is like throwing away a used band-aid. Nothing you can do with it anymore, and you don't want to risk bio-contamination. This helped motivate the Galileo plunge into Jupiter, avoid contamination of Europa. Can we expect any science from Cassini during the Saturn plunge? -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Feb 4 2010, 03:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Can we expect any science from Cassini during the Saturn plunge? Absolutely!! Cassini might get to actually taste Saturn's atmosphere on it's way in. Check out this repost here. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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