Comments on: Passing Through the Plumes; Enceladus Flyby on Wednesday http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:07:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mediaempyre http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-15528 mediaempyre Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:01:58 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/#comment-15528 "what if the geysers are so strong they knock the satellite off course and it goes crashing into saturn" Then we'll see some pretty amazing pictures from Saturn then... "what if the geysers are so strong they knock the satellite off course and it goes crashing into saturn"

Then we'll see some pretty amazing pictures from Saturn then…

]]> By: LLDIAZ http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-15451 LLDIAZ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:24:01 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/#comment-15451 what if the geysers are so strong they knock the satellite off course and it goes crashing into saturn what if the geysers are so strong they knock the satellite off course and it goes crashing into saturn

]]> By: Molecular http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-15417 Molecular Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:17:37 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/#comment-15417 If, at just 30 miles above this moon's surface, the intention is to just fly through the plums of mist for purposes of analysis, I hope that there are also plans to actually point the lens at the surface, this close, and take pictures of where exactly this curtain of steam is rising up from. Imagine the sight of water gushing all the way up into space from the surface of a planet. :) If, at just 30 miles above this moon's surface, the intention is to just fly through the plums of mist for purposes of analysis, I hope that there are also plans to actually point the lens at the surface, this close, and take pictures of where exactly this curtain of steam is rising up from.

Imagine the sight of water gushing all the way up into space from the surface of a planet. :)

]]> By: kservall http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-15355 kservall Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:28:18 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/#comment-15355 I'm wondering, who's "driving" Cassini? Does NASA have a Thomas Guide which optimizes these types of fly-bys? And what kind of propellant is onboard to make these corrections, and how long will it last before the mlssion goes "tilt?" Fifty kilometers above the surface of a moon! Now that's a NMO (vs. a NEO) if there ever was one. I'm wondering, who's "driving" Cassini? Does NASA have a Thomas Guide which optimizes these types of fly-bys? And what kind of propellant is onboard to make these corrections, and how long will it last before the mlssion goes "tilt?" Fifty kilometers above the surface of a moon! Now that's a NMO (vs. a NEO) if there ever was one.

]]> By: marcellus http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-15348 marcellus Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:38:57 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/10/passing-through-the-plumes-enceladus-flyby-on-wednesday/#comment-15348 Way cool. I can hardly wait to see what they come up with. I hope Cassini's wiper blades don't need replacing. Way cool. I can hardly wait to see what they come up with. I hope Cassini's wiper blades don't need replacing.

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