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renate

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8. oh that's so sad.... :( :( :(

Reply to pokerfan (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 03:05 AM

Sep 2017

The one thing that's cheering at the end of these missions is the sheer beauty of humanity's curiosity and our drive to learn for the sake of learning.

But gosh I'm sad that this mission is ending.

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Cassini Sends Final Images as It Plunges Toward Saturn [View all] Zorro Sep 2017 OP

Goodbye old friend. alfredo Sep 2017 #1

Thank you Cassini, RIP! burrowowl Sep 2017 #2

Oh dear. Somebody's chopping onions. longship Sep 2017 #3

well rtracey Sep 2017 #16

Going out in a blaze of glory hibbing Sep 2017 #4

NASA final orbits Cassini website link Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #11

Poor little probe pokerfan Sep 2017 #5

Awww... calimary Sep 2017 #6

oh that's so sad.... :( :( :( renate Sep 2017 #8

He was my favorite, too... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #9

As a friend said... eggplant Sep 2017 #7

Based on this from the OP link, it is now gone BumRushDaShow Sep 2017 #10

Although it probably didn't vocalize it, Cassini's last directive was... Girard442 Sep 2017 #12

exactly. paleotn Sep 2017 #13

......... paleotn Sep 2017 #14

Cassinni's probably feeling that after all the the info and pictures justhanginon Sep 2017 #15

It's final message... Javaman Sep 2017 #17

Signal Lost. Cassini has now disintegrated. Ghost Dog Sep 2017 #18

Mission Completed demmiblue Sep 2017 #19

Farewell, Cassini--and we thank you! lastlib Sep 2017 #20

Well Done, Cassini LonghornJack Sep 2017 #21

Some of the best $3.6b ever spent by our government. n/t Calista241 Sep 2017 #22