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Cassini's Iapetus Flyby

Posted by samzenpus on from the to-the-moon dept.

cupofjoe writes "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is reporting on the Cassini spacecraft's recent close flyby of the Saturnian moon Iapetus, highlighting images taken from distances 100 times closer than the Voyager 2 flyby in 1981. Near real-time images were shown to Cassini mission team members in a presentation at JPL yesterday, during which a pre-recorded message from Arthur C. Clarke was played to the audience. Clarke wished them luck on the flyby, reminding all present that he had included a pretty accurate description of Iapetus in the original 1968 text of "2001: A Space Odyssey", years before Voyager made its flyby."

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  1. Frist Psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    nt

  2. Who the hell..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    is Arthur C Clarke?

    And what does he have to do with 2001? It was a rubbish film anyway - no plot and no action. And no SPACE WOMEN!!!!