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I was in 7th grade when Cassini launched, and I remember thinking, "Wow, cool! That seems really interesting!". And then, "Holy Cow, 7 years before it gets th
by trey-jones 9y ago
I was in 7th grade when Cassini launched, and I remember thinking, "Wow, cool! That seems really interesting!". And then, "Holy Cow, 7 years before it gets there?!".
And then I remember in 2004 hearing about its arrival, and remembering back to 7 years prior and getting excited again about learning new things about these faraway places.
Finally, in 2017, I'm excited about what new information might be obtained during the short dive into the atmosphere. It's been a good run!
- chaoticmass 9y agoMe too! In 5th grade our teacher had a sister who worked at NASA and she was able to give our class nice laminated artwork showing what it may look like on Titan. They also got everyone's signature which was supposed to be digitized and put on a disc on Cassini (they said they were going to get 1 million signatures or something). Ever since then I have always been excited to watch anything regarding Cassini. I was sort of sad when I heard they were going to crash it into Saturn. What a way to go though! https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2157/signatures-from-earth-board-spacecraft-to-saturn/ https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2157/signatures-from-earth-...
- KGIII 9y agoI know this meanders into off-topic, but I remember when we first put humans on the moon. To have lived through all of these changes, and advances, has been wonderful.