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volcanopele

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

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volcanopele Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission Feb 6 2009, 03:35 AM

Del Palmer From the latest Cassini Significant Events report:... Feb 21 2009, 09:19 PM

jasedm QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Feb 21 2009, 10:19 PM... Jun 27 2009, 11:55 AM

Hungry4info A 12 km Enceladus flyby sounds nice =) (When do we... Feb 21 2009, 10:00 PM

volcanopele No, no, I meant that there are 12 encounters of En... Feb 21 2009, 10:07 PM

Hungry4info QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 21 2009, 04:07 P... Feb 21 2009, 10:18 PM

ugordan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 21 2009, 11:07 P... Feb 22 2009, 05:20 PM

Byran QUOTE (ugordan @ Feb 22 2009, 11:50 PM) h... Feb 23 2009, 04:52 PM

dmuller I found a website which lists 4 different scenario... Feb 21 2009, 11:07 PM

jasedm QUOTE (dmuller @ Feb 21 2009, 11:07 PM) I... Feb 22 2009, 09:52 AM

volcanopele It was SM-7. Feb 21 2009, 11:41 PM

ilbasso Just heard Carolyn Porco speak at Spacefest this a... Feb 22 2009, 01:16 AM

Greg Hullender Is there something that indicates what sort of Tit... Feb 22 2009, 05:12 PM

dmuller QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Feb 23 2009, 04:1... Feb 23 2009, 05:26 AM

volcanopele Whoops... Feb 23 2009, 05:54 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 23 2009, 01:54 A... Feb 23 2009, 04:14 PM

Floyd Cassini having a very bad day Feb 23 2009, 02:47 PM

djellison Nothing unusual about that news release. Feb 23 2009, 04:49 PM

Bjorn Jonsson As previously discussed there are no targeted Hype... Feb 23 2009, 07:28 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 20 2009, 04:06 A... Feb 24 2009, 06:51 PM

Mariner9 Any estimates available on annual cost of the XXM?... Feb 24 2009, 04:32 AM

ngunn Following the 'proximal' link I've jus... Feb 24 2009, 10:17 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes Clicked on the link Paxdan provided for the Planet... Feb 24 2009, 10:24 PM

HughFromAlice I've just read John Spencer's "Solist... Feb 25 2009, 04:18 AM

ngunn I know most people who come here keep an eye on TP... Feb 25 2009, 09:32 PM

Thu QUOTE (ngunn @ Feb 26 2009, 04:32 AM) It... Feb 26 2009, 01:06 PM

ugordan QUOTE (ngunn @ Feb 25 2009, 10:32 PM) It... Feb 26 2009, 01:37 PM

remcook Great write-up! In the (pretty) graphic repres... Feb 26 2009, 06:28 PM

HughFromAlice QUOTE (remcook @ Feb 27 2009, 03:58 AM) G... Feb 27 2009, 02:17 PM

ngunn Anybody know when a decision is to be reached on t... Jan 25 2010, 08:04 PM

john_s We hope to know more after the President's 201... Jan 25 2010, 08:55 PM

tharrison QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 25 2010, 12:55 PM) We... Jan 26 2010, 01:15 AM

jasedm Oh it will surely happen - there's the definit... Jan 27 2010, 05:33 PM

ugordan QUOTE (jasedm @ Jan 27 2010, 06:33 PM) th... Jan 27 2010, 05:56 PM

tedstryk The evidence is from particle and fields data (MIM... Jan 27 2010, 07:33 PM

ugordan I realize where the claim comes from. Didn't t... Jan 27 2010, 08:31 PM

ynyralmaen The broad electron depletion seen by MIMI in 2005 ... Jan 27 2010, 09:19 PM

Elias The magnetometer did not actually pick up hints of... Jan 28 2010, 12:17 AM

volcanopele QUOTE (Elias @ Jan 27 2010, 05:17 PM) One... Jan 28 2010, 12:23 AM

Ron Hobbs Did I miss something? In the 1/27 press release o... Jan 30 2010, 05:52 AM

Phil Stooke Isn't solstice what we're in now? Phil Jan 31 2010, 05:14 PM

volcanopele No, we are still in the Equinox mission until July... Jan 31 2010, 05:39 PM

Ron Hobbs I thought we were still in the Equinox Mission, at... Jan 31 2010, 05:43 PM

Phil Stooke "No, we are still in the Equinox mission unti... Jan 31 2010, 06:02 PM

ngunn Do you think we can construe 'continues operat... Feb 1 2010, 10:08 PM

Greg Hullender Oh I think they'll approve it. The cheapest ki... Feb 2 2010, 01:49 AM

volcanopele Now it's official and approved ht... Feb 3 2010, 08:23 PM

ugordan w00t!!! Feb 3 2010, 08:29 PM

djellison 2017 baby Feb 3 2010, 08:31 PM

machi Finally! Feb 3 2010, 08:34 PM

volcanopele The only sad part, you can now mark on your calend... Feb 3 2010, 08:34 PM

ugordan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 3 2010, 09:34 PM... Feb 3 2010, 08:37 PM

SFJCody QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 3 2010, 08:34 PM... Feb 3 2010, 08:51 PM

john_s Hey- I did that too! John Feb 3 2010, 09:02 PM

canis_minor Beware the ides of September.... Feb 3 2010, 09:06 PM

SFJCody QUOTE (john_s @ Feb 3 2010, 09:02 PM) Hey... Feb 3 2010, 09:11 PM

Ron Hobbs [quote name='volcanopele' date='Feb 3 ... Feb 3 2010, 11:09 PM

volcanopele Wow, I should do the same thing. I built my paper... Feb 3 2010, 08:57 PM

SFJCody QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 3 2010, 08:57 PM... Feb 3 2010, 09:00 PM

volcanopele Quite right, there are quite a few great things be... Feb 3 2010, 11:17 PM

ugordan To put it into perspective, Cassini's mission ... Feb 3 2010, 11:29 PM

dmuller Updated my realtime simulation with the good news... Feb 4 2010, 01:57 AM

volcanopele I use ftp://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/CASSINI/...... Feb 4 2010, 03:13 AM

dmuller QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 4 2010, 02:13 PM... Feb 4 2010, 03:31 AM

remcook Yay! Bring on those seasonal variations! Feb 4 2010, 09:23 AM

MahFL Awesome, 7 years. Feb 4 2010, 11:25 AM

belleraphon1 AWESOMNESS PLUS!!!!!! Wil... Feb 4 2010, 01:00 PM

ynyralmaen Fantastic news, but bittersweet for some... Poste... Feb 4 2010, 01:16 PM

MahFL Oh no....I just read they are to plunge Cassini in... Feb 4 2010, 01:41 PM

djellison To co-incide with the exhaustion of spacecraft con... Feb 4 2010, 02:00 PM

ugordan People just have to realize orbiters doing orbital... Feb 4 2010, 02:23 PM

ngunn A generous lifespan - an immortal legacy - what mo... Feb 4 2010, 02:25 PM

Hungry4info Definitely! I'm excited about the news... Feb 4 2010, 02:49 PM

Juramike QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Feb 4 2010, 09:49 AM... Feb 4 2010, 03:08 PM

Decepticon Are there any close or non targeted flybys of Hype... Feb 4 2010, 09:26 PM

Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (Decepticon @ Feb 4 2010, 09:26 PM)... Feb 4 2010, 10:58 PM

Tom Tamlyn Some questions about Cassini's final maneuvers... Feb 4 2010, 11:51 PM

dmuller QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Feb 5 2010, 09:58 ... Feb 5 2010, 12:16 AM

john_s That's a purely gravitational nudge from Titan... Feb 5 2010, 12:14 AM

Tom Tamlyn Some more questions about Cassini's final plun... Feb 5 2010, 05:44 AM

NickF I've also wondered about the question Tom rais... Feb 5 2010, 10:02 AM

MahFL I know it makes scense to plunge into Saturn, my o... Feb 5 2010, 11:15 AM

CAP-Team I think it's a sad thing to crash a spacecraft... Feb 5 2010, 07:01 PM

rlorenz QUOTE (CAP-Team @ Feb 5 2010, 02:01 ... Feb 5 2010, 07:13 PM

djellison By making the most of what Cassini was designed to... Feb 5 2010, 07:07 PM

Phil Stooke Yes, sure, CAP-Team, but the science is inferior. ... Feb 5 2010, 07:08 PM

Phil Stooke "one of the driving considerations behind the... Feb 5 2010, 07:28 PM

Hungry4info QUOTE Dumping your RTG-powered spacecraft in a gia... Feb 5 2010, 10:51 PM

Tom Tamlyn QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Feb 5 2010, 05:51 PM... Feb 5 2010, 11:17 PM

belleraphon1 QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Feb 5 2010, 05:51 PM... Feb 5 2010, 11:20 PM

Den QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Feb 5 2010, 11:51 PM... Feb 12 2010, 06:19 PM

nprev One thing to keep foremost in mind is that the PPP... Feb 5 2010, 11:04 PM

belleraphon1 I think the science we will get during the close S... Feb 5 2010, 11:13 PM

nprev Well...let's just say that it's a statisti... Feb 5 2010, 11:35 PM

AndyG QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 5 2010, 11:35 PM) Time... Feb 6 2010, 12:40 AM

dmuller Just noticed it's gonna be a "crashy... Feb 13 2010, 04:38 AM

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