Today we said goodbye to the Cassini spacecraft! Anybody else tune in to watch its final transmissions reach ground control? The feed was full of images taken on its flight, and images abstracted from what it had found, and it was gorgeous and amazing.
(Did you know Saturn has a hexagonal storm on one of its poles? Well, it was observed in the 80s, but Cassini confirmed its existence, and scientists are already constructing models to explain its traits.)
So, today seems like a good day to dig into what we know about Saturn, see what kind of footage we’ve got, and think about how to inject that into your own games of Uncharted Worlds!
(Did you know Titan has its own methane cycle that runs like our water cycle?? We learned that in 2005 — thanks to Cassini!)
They have an ebook!
Fact! I forgot about that! Here it is nasa.gov – Through the Eyes of Cassini for Kindle, Ebook, and in PDF!
/salute You did us proud little probe.
A superb craft and mission. Can’t say enough good. And a spare RTG powered New Horizons!
America does build us some damn fine space probes.
And props to the ESA for that sweet little lander Huygens.