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Cassini-Huygens Saturn Orbit Insertion Imminent
Anonymous Explorer writes "Fresh
off of its fly-by with the Saturnian satellite Phoebe, the
Cassini-Huygens
craft is set for Saturn
Orbit Insertion on June 30, 2004.
Cassini-Huygens has a planned four year mission ahead for Saturn
and its many moons. With 450 watts of power for the electronics, this
mission has plenty enough horses to run the stretch with plenty-o-pep
to spare. Thanks to all that power, and the plethora of electronics on Cassini
and the Huygens
probe, we
can now hear sounds from Saturn. Pretty cool stuff! Festivities are
scheduled to begin on June 29th with a broadcast of Cassini Saturn
Orbit Insertion Press Conference on Nasa TV. SOI [PDF link] will occur after Cassini
fires its main engine for 96 minutes, in order
to slow down and be grabbed by the pull of Saturn. As always we extend
an invitation to everyone to join
#cassini on irc.freenode.net and
help us celebrate this historic mission."
I have the same amount of power in my computer's power supply. Something seems fundamentally wrong with that.
Wow - does that mean we can actually hear and thus potentialy decipher and understand what the martians are saying in their native tongue on the Red Planet?? -- Perhaps we can master the language so that when they come to visit us - we'll understand that they're saying "Don't Feed the Humans" rather than "Eat them!"
...this mission has plenty enough horses to run the stretch with plenty-o-pep to spare.
Lets hope none of them are named Smarty Jones...
0.60345994 HP to be exact :)
Beat the rush.
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
Do the rings make the same noise represented on the Star Trek Voyager intro?
Here, I'll help you out.
-1, Troll.
I'd much rather hear the sounds of Saturn than the sounds of Uranus.
Sorry. Had to do it.
Alas the only other time geeks encounter this situation is when they plug in a new video card.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Hearing sounds from Saturn is nothing new. My 1997 SL1 (like most old Saturns) is VERY noisy ... you can hear it coming from a mile away. Step on the gas and it sounds like the power steering pump is going to pop through the hood.
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What are you talking about? It's not like the entire World has ADD or some... Hey, what's that shiny thing over there?
Hmmm.
I dunno, the appliance section of [insert retail store]?
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
I started building one, but the friggin neighbors complained again...
Why yes, I *AM* new here. Why?
"Thanks to all that power, and the plethora of electronics on Cassini and the Huygens probe, we can now hear sounds from Saturn."
Not to mention that giant space phonograph needle they included at the last minute. Now we just have to have it doesn't skip on the Cassini Division.
(Append witty RIAA reference here.)
They figured if they entered orbit two days before the scheduled date, they could avoid attacks by the Saturni insurgents.
You are not the customer.
70m antennas are bigger that you might expect.
What, like 75 meters?
-- If god wanted me to have a sig, he'd have given me a sense of humor.
wakka-chikka-wakka-chikka "Hello Saturn, I'm Cassini-Huygens. I'm here to repair your plumbing."
we all know that _real_ reason for this mission is to deliver a piece of metal to an alien stuck on Titan.
...remember good 'ol times when IP used to mean Internet Protocol....
Talking about Venus, I heard she's HOT ! ;)