Cassini's First Glimpse of Saturn

EccentricAnomaly writes "The Cassini spacecraft has snapped its first picture of Saturn from 177 million miles away. Cassini is due to arrive at Saturn in July 2004, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn (Pioneer 11 and Voyagers 1 and 2 just did quick flybys of Saturn). Cassini carries the Huygens probe which will land on Saturn's moon Titan in January 2005."

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[bumby]

Where are all the stars on the picture, I can only see one white lil pixel.

Oh oh, stupid me, forgot, the stars are glued to the earths sky! I aught to read my bible!

But seriously, the picture looks like it's taken from my cartoon. I'm not saying it's fake, it just looks very cartoonish.

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[PD]

No, an accident would NOT suck. You know why people were concerned? Because they were MORONS. It's not a flame, it's the truth. The nuclear fuel in Cassini is in a form that renders it harmless in case of an accident. If any pieces entered the atmosphere AND survived to reach the ground AND landed on dirt, not in the sea, they would have been easily found and picked up. Some people were actually speculating that a reentry event would kill everyone on the planet, which is just stupid. Sorry, no other word for it. Stupid is the one that fits the best.