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Linking my comment to a sister submission [1]: Final Images ( choose Grand Finale ) https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images/ https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
by ccozan 9y ago
Linking my comment to a sister submission [1]:
Final Images ( choose Grand Finale )
https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images/ https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images/
I wonder if it got destroyed or just lost the signal due to the atmosphere.
Amazing times to live.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15256753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15256753
- rhcom2 9y ago> Insulating gold-colored blankets will char and break off first, followed by Cassini's antenna, 30-foot-long magnetometer boom, and other loose or fragile parts. Carbon blocks full of plutonium-238 fuel will last the longest. > "It will basically disintegrate ... long before we hit any real surface of Saturn," Webster said. http://www.businessinsider.com/time-cassini-will-be-destroyed-timeline-2017-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/time-cassini-will-be-destroye... Sounds like an explosive goodbye ;)
- nsxwolf 9y agoI'm not seeing a "Grand Finale". Did it move?
- jonkiddy 9y agoBlue dropdown menu on the left side under the main graphic.
- ygra 9y agoConsidering the final speed of the probe I don't think there's any likelihood of not breaking and burning up. The whole end of its mission was designed to do exactly that.
- ctdonath 9y ago>75,000 MPH at atmosphere contact.