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[dvandorn]

I recorded on my handy-dandy DVR a very nice special that ran last night on Discovery's Science Channel. It's entitled "Rendezvous with Saturn's Moon" and covers both Cassini and Huygens mission events and science results to date.

I think I may even have spotted our own Jason Perry in one shot, when they were talking about the ISS team. I could be wrong, but this one guy looked rather like the picture Jason linked to a few days ago. He was one of three people talking about a Titan image -- one of the other two people was identified as Elizabeth Turtle.

Was that you, Jason?

-the other Doug

[edstrick]

I'd have to go look at the disc I recorded of the program. I "disked" it because I didn't recall taping a sci-channel program around the date of the probe entry, and a disk copy would be better than VHS if I'd previously gotten it. But I'll have to look again, I'd *SWEAR* the DirecTV guide (that I recorded for 5 seconds as a program ID) said a program date of Jan 13, 2004 or 2005.

If the program has recent info, does that mean it was first broadcast next year and they got the date of 1/13/2007 wrong?

[dvandorn]

This show was telecast on The Science Channel (formerly Discovery Science) on Tuesday, December 13 at 9 pm Central Standard Time. It included a lot of footage from early days (conception, construction, launch and cruise), but it also had a lot of footage, and many interviews, from times right up to maybe a month or so ago.

For example, the Huygens team was talking about the demise of their "creme broulet" model in favor of striking a pebble at impact, and there were very recent images of the plumes from Enceladus' tiger stripes, from the late November plume search. So, this is definitely an updated piece.

-the other Doug

[mars loon]

This show was telecast on The Science Channel (formerly Discovery Science) on Tuesday, December 13 at 9 pm Central Standard Time. 

The show will be repeated on The Science Channel:

Sunday, December 18, 2005

6 PM Eastern Standard Time