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Prometheus Caught Stealing From Saturn's Rings

Posted by timothy on from the restitution-might-be-tough dept.

merryprankster writes "Saturn's Moon Prometheus is living up to the reputation of its Greek namesake. New Scientist is reporting that the latest images from the Cassini probe show the moon "stealing" material for Saturn's F-ring. Evidence of this had been seen by Cassini in the past in the form of "streamers" and gravitation wobbles within the rings but more fantastic images have now caught the thief in the act."

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  1. Re:Hey....it's all mythological-like.... by Carnivore · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, I don't know how many pictures we'll get, but the following calculation is enlightening.

    I found all numbers from Google, so they are approximate. The order of magnitude should remain the same, though.

    NASA budget: $15 billion
    Federal budget: $3350.779 billion

    Percentage of NASA budget to the Federal budget:
    0.447%

    Half a percent.

    So if we assume that you make $60k, and you have $4k of federal tax (wild-ass guess based on my much smaller salary), then you pay $17 a year for ALL of NASA.

    I'd say that that's a pretty damn good deal, myself.