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How Cassini Will Begin Its Date With Death on Saturn
On Wednesday, the spacecraft that has studied Saturn for a dozen years will commence a series of maneuvers that will graze the planet’s rings. By Dennis Overbye.
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Will they be recording this? I hope so.
Gee, I sure hope the Saturnians don’t mind Cassini burning up in their atmosphere. Still, better theirs than ours, what with the 72.3 lbs of Plutonium 238 on board and all. Gotta say I breathed a sigh of relief when we got rid of that hot potato. For real.
Yeah,that was an accident waiting to happen for real.
We can admit that now, but in the run up to the launch such talk was considered loose.