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Cassini Can See Cleary Now

Posted by timothy on from the smudges-on-my-glasses dept.

EccentricAnomaly writes: "Well, it looks like Cassini's camera problems have been fixed according this story at CNN and this Cassini mission status report. The haze first appeared on the camera lens somewhere between Jupiter and Saturn. Personally, I can't stand it when I get crud on my windshield -- especially when I'm 750 million miles from home."

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  1. Nice pics by AstroMage · · Score: 2, Informative

    To appreciate the nice pictures taken by Cassini, check out its website gallery. I especially liked the artwork section. While nor real pictures, they are still very nice... :-)

  2. Re:Why Not Windshield Wipers? by Observer · · Score: 3, Informative
    OK, I should have responded here instead of to the "Headlines" post.

    NASA anticipated the problem - see the paragraph about lens heaters in the mission update referenced in the story.

    Not quite windshield wipers, granted, but the agency did anticipate the problem from ealier experience, and built in a solution that had worked before and which worked this time, too.