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peter59
post Jun 18 2008, 04:04 PM
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Discussion from the Cassini raw images thread moved here.



That's a really unusual image.

Alpha Centauri A and B above the horizon of Saturn.

Raw images:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110894.jpg
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110895.jpg
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110896.jpg
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110897.jpg


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post Jul 1 2008, 03:25 PM
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An excellent and quite grammatically convienient proposal! smile.gif Clarke orbits they are, then!


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- peter59   Future missions   Jun 18 2008, 04:04 PM
- - Stu   Unusual yes, powerful, absolutely... that literall...   Jun 18 2008, 04:52 PM
- - Decepticon   Makes me sad a bit. I don't think a extra sola...   Jun 18 2008, 05:57 PM
|- - tedstryk   Assuming there are planets and assuming plans to b...   Jun 19 2008, 02:16 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jun 18 2008, 06:57 PM...   Jun 19 2008, 09:26 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Ahhh.... maps! Phil   Jun 19 2008, 03:05 AM
- - Shaka   Then again, guys, even if they launched one tomorr...   Jun 20 2008, 03:35 AM
- - jmjawors   I'm sorry... I know I'm breaking the ...   Jun 20 2008, 04:17 AM
- - Astro0   Looks like an image of an ion drive.   Jun 20 2008, 04:49 AM
- - Stu   That's the Alpha Centauri/rings view seen thro...   Jun 20 2008, 05:27 AM
|- - Shaka   QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 19 2008, 07:27 PM) view ...   Jun 20 2008, 06:15 AM
|- - jmjawors   QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 20 2008, 12:27 AM) Sorry...   Jun 20 2008, 06:37 AM
- - mps   QUOTE (jmjawors @ Jun 20 2008, 09:37 AM) ...   Jun 20 2008, 10:57 AM
- - Mariner9   Hopefully flagships will be more like once every d...   Jun 25 2008, 05:50 PM
- - imipak   It's really hard to do realistic multi-decadal...   Jun 25 2008, 08:18 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (imipak @ Jun 25 2008, 08:18 PM) It...   Jun 26 2008, 02:39 AM
- - nprev   What I find most puzzling is the apparent coming v...   Jun 25 2008, 11:01 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 26 2008, 12:01 AM) Fra...   Jun 26 2008, 04:09 PM
|- - andrea   I think the part of idea of the sky-crane concept ...   Jun 27 2008, 07:48 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (andrea @ Jun 27 2008, 08:48 AM) An...   Jun 27 2008, 04:34 PM
- - dvandorn   Remember, though, Nick, that Griffin has said that...   Jun 26 2008, 01:29 AM
- - Greg Hullender   If we're talking after 2030, I'd like to s...   Jun 28 2008, 04:22 AM
- - nprev   Isn't that what Phobos & Deimos are for? T...   Jun 28 2008, 06:15 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 28 2008, 07:15 PM) Isn...   Jun 28 2008, 10:46 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (David @ Jun 28 2008, 03:46 PM) I s...   Jun 30 2008, 12:59 PM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 30 2008, 07:5...   Jul 1 2008, 02:46 PM
- - imipak   If NASA had the kind of budget needed to do that, ...   Jun 28 2008, 06:59 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (imipak @ Jun 28 2008, 10:59 AM) If...   Jun 28 2008, 09:32 PM
- - nprev   Yeah, but the sheer logistics of supporting a huma...   Jul 1 2008, 02:46 AM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 30 2008, 07:46 PM) Gon...   Jul 1 2008, 05:02 AM
- - tasp   My $0.02 : I think we have another 'movi...   Jul 1 2008, 04:02 AM
- - nprev   An excellent and quite grammatically convienient p...   Jul 1 2008, 03:25 PM


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