tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post7011357351976559394..comments2024-03-22T11:32:57.801-07:00Comments on The Alien Next Door: Cassini Flies over EnceladusNina Munteanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-11898940986283905162008-03-14T08:04:00.000-07:002008-03-14T08:04:00.000-07:00Michael.... that's very interesting about the malf...Michael.... that's very interesting about the malfunction, indeed! And your challenge re human issues for the Mars flight are substantive. I have faith that we will achieve these by then. <BR/><BR/>Dan, thanks for forwarding Carolyn Porco's update here.Nina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-42898284055239169802008-03-14T00:25:00.000-07:002008-03-14T00:25:00.000-07:00Here is a followup I received in the mail today: F...Here is a followup I received in the mail today: From Dr Porco:<BR/><BR/>March 13, 2008<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dear Friends and Colleagues,<BR/><BR/>I happily report to you today another unprecedented triumph for Cassini!<BR/><BR/>Yesterday's grazing flyby over the equatorial regions of Enceladus and<BR/>through its south polar plume went spectacularly well. Several of the<BR/>Cassini instruments successfully collected valuable information about<BR/>the south polar surface and the gaseous/particulate environment above<BR/>it, and we imaging scientists didn't do too badly ourselves.<BR/><BR/>As always, it will take a bit of time for us to pull it all together and<BR/>take our results from a preliminary to a presentable state.<BR/><BR/>But in the meantime, you can go to ...<BR/><BR/> http://ciclops.org<BR/><BR/>... to see some of the images of this fantastic little body -- both raw<BR/>and processed -- that we acquired along the way. We should have a far<BR/>better idea of what we have found in a few weeks' time. I know the wait<BR/>is agonizing, but I hope you all will endure.<BR/><BR/>(Also, please find below a press release that we distributed a moment ago.)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Enjoy,<BR/><BR/>Carolyn Porco<BR/>Cassini Imaging Team leader<BR/>Director/CICLOPS<BR/>Space Science Institute<BR/>Boulder, COLOROADO USA PLANET EARTH MILKY WAY GALAXY UNIVERSE NUMBER 406DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-3239099043918334262008-03-14T00:12:00.000-07:002008-03-14T00:12:00.000-07:00How can President Bush promise a manned Mars missi...How can President Bush promise a manned Mars mission by 2020? We must first solve these "human" problems:<BR/><BR/>1. Preventing deadly exposure to cosmic radiation.<BR/>2. Creation of artificial gravity in space to prevent bone loss and muscular atrophy.<BR/>3. How will humans adjust psychologically to what may well be a three year mission to Mars and back?<BR/>4. How can we safely use nuclear power in such an endeavor?phlogiston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/18004345461403218955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-3293500790945875862008-03-14T00:01:00.000-07:002008-03-14T00:01:00.000-07:00Care to comment about this? Will future flybys tr...Care to comment about this? Will future flybys try again?<BR/><BR/>http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1220873520080314<BR/><BR/>"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A software malfunction prevented a key piece of equipment on the Cassini spacecraft from recording data as it flew through the plume from a geyser shooting off a moon of Saturn, NASA said late on Thursday."phlogiston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/18004345461403218955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-48829024399412845072008-03-13T01:14:00.000-07:002008-03-13T01:14:00.000-07:00:):)Nina Munteanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311070435293186699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584840770244929.post-46139056744722772008-03-12T13:02:00.000-07:002008-03-12T13:02:00.000-07:00Thanks for this vital information. Nothing has bee...Thanks for this vital information. Nothing has been mentioned anywhere about this. I see how the names are chosen carefully.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.com