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Images of Saturn's moon Titan force team to reconsider theories

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Posted by Steve White 2004-07-04 12:43:59 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Forced to reconsider their theories? Obviously, the Cassini Mission Coalition failed to properly plan for the circumstances they have encountered.

It's a theoretical quagmire, I tell you. A quagmire!

Posted by SteveS 2004-07-04 10:06:17 AM|| 2004-07-04 10:06:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 ...To the tune of "Everything You Know Is Wrong", by Weird Al Yankovic.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-04 10:18:16 AM|| 2004-07-04 10:18:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I was actually suprised this past week not to hear one idiot complain "just think what we could of done with al that money 'wasted' in space" As if the money spent on these types on projects ever leaves the economy. But not once do I ever hear the morons that mouth these views demand that the money spent on schools, social programs and the like be spent wisely or even accountability be taken into account.

Now as to the science teams at JPL and elsewhere being suprised. If they knew the answers the Cassini probe would never of been launched or built. Also the anti nuclear crowd tried to get the mission scrubed at the last minute in enviormental grounds

Posted by cheaderhead 2004-07-04 10:32:17 AM|| 2004-07-04 10:32:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 What a shocker. A "theory" is wrong. So what? Does anyone out there (not you all) really want to accept and acknowledge what an accomplishment this program is? Or the twin Mars rovers? Or SpaceshipOne? And what we can learn from all of them collectively?

I haven't heard any complaining yet, either, but I'm sure it'll come. There are so many armchair experts out there who second-guess everything and hope for failure in every endeavor (the WoT, the American Way, etc). Not sure what's going on in society, but I hope this cynicism cools down soon.

Sorry for the rant, but I just got fired up. I love the Space Program. Here's a good link for updates on the Cassini probe, too: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Happy 4th of July, all!

Posted by nada 2004-07-04 1:59:36 PM|| 2004-07-04 1:59:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm still trying to grok how we can be exploring Mars and Saturn simultaneously, whilst over in The Big Sandy, subhumans high on the smell of blood are hacking heads off. It. Does. Not. Compute.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-07-04 3:50:39 PM|| 2004-07-04 3:50:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Anonymoose - I don't have that one - will this do?

Sea - Truer words were never spoken. Boggles.

Posted by .com 2004-07-04 3:59:58 PM|| [http://www.amble.com/images/chomps.jpg] 2004-07-04 3:59:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Seafarious --

I know what you mean. And that's precisely why we need to win the WoT, so we aren't just looking at the stars wondering what's out there -- we're actually exploring them. They can stay in the 7th Century over there if they want. Don't force the rest of us to live that way...

Posted by nada 2004-07-04 4:20:01 PM|| 2004-07-04 4:20:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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