The entire region around Saturn just went dark. Who knows how long it will take us to get back there.

"It's full of stars"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
oops.  wrong planet...

Rimshot
The entire region around Saturn just went dark. Who knows how long it will take us to get back there.

I'd imagine they are now trying to figure out a way to send a sterile landing vehicle.
 
For now it's all about Europa (Jupiter).
 
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6847
 
 

Beagle
"It's full of stars"
 
oops.  wrong planet...

We're a long way off farm being able to probe Bapusanus. Mostly due to lack of defensive technology.
 
Thar be nefarious Klingons thar.
 
Scary stuff.

Beepster

Beagle
"It's full of stars"
 
oops.  wrong planet...

We're a long way off farm being able to probe Bapusanus. Mostly due to lack of defensive technology.
 
Thar be nefarious Klingons thar.
 
Scary stuff.

the undershreddies say it all.

NASA has done this type of thing before.  Remember when it nuked Jupiter?
 
http://www.enterprisemission.com/NukingJupiter.html
 
 

bapu
Conspiracy Theory I Tells Ya.
 
There is no Saturn and there is no Cassini.
 
Jury is still out on the spoon. Otherwise how can I eat my Post Toasties?

I thought Cassini had something to do with Italian pastry....
 

outland144k

bapu
Conspiracy Theory I Tells Ya.
 
There is no Saturn and there is no Cassini.
 
Jury is still out on the spoon. Otherwise how can I eat my Post Toasties?

I thought Cassini had something to do with Italian pastry....
 

Rolled In Pastry? 

I was amazed by one piece of knowledge shared in a recent Cassini-document:
The rings of Saturn are the most even/level surface known (!). They're only a few feet thick (don't remember how thick exactly), but the width equals the distance between earth and moon.
 
The scientists talked about Cassini and Hubble-telescope with similar tones as dog-owners talk about their pets :o)
That was sort of cute.

Hi,
 
I would like to see the composites of the pictures from the last hour ... if they made it. I'm assuming that the lens/eye of a camera probably died before the transmitting equipment, which may suggest that in the last hour or two we might just have mish-mash stuff that is not decipherable, but I sure would like to see the pictures they can put together from the last bits of information.