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NASA Sending Probe to Saturn

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the into-the-great-wide-open dept.

Plissken writes "Nasa along with the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency have launched a towards Saturn in hopes of obtaining vital data to help understand the mysterious, vast region. The Cassini-Huygens mission is composed of two elements: The Cassini orbiter that will orbit Saturn and it's moons for four years, and the Huygens probe will dive into the depths of Titan and land on it's surface. If all goes well, more than 200 scientists worldwide will study the data collected."

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  1. Is it me or... by HellRazr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Doesn't it seem like today NASA really sucks ass compared to the 60s? Shuttles blowing up. They can barely get a working robot to Mars. What is their problem? Is it a case where they use have to have the best people in the world, and now they have shit people? Probably the quota system at work. Are NASA's challenges much different today than they were 40 years ago?