havaduck ∞ Players 2,989 posts 11,824 battles Report post #1 Posted September 15, 2017 A journey that began in the early 80s, took off in the late 90s, arrived mid of the first decade of the new millennia came today to an end. Roughly 2 p.m. MESZ we got the very last signal after roughly 1,5 hours earlier the probe broke apart and its debris fell deeper into Saturns atmosphere and was shining its last light. Just as a true Division player, Cassini worked for the green teams effort to the very end: Doing all the importing spotting, fighting to keep its main turret pointed in the right direction for the very last salvo; before ultimately ramming itself on purpose into that noob that is camping roughly around 8 to 11 AU away from the (blue-)mainbase! Lets give our last salute to a project that spanned over several decades, a probe that worked for2 decades after being launched (something that cant be said about this game after 2 years ) and the effort of everyone involved on earth. And if thats to much text for ya ......... Spoiler €: @T0byJug Philiae, Rosetta, Huygens, etc ......... and even Schiaparelli ( ) did the grounding before it was cool! Cassini is just a copycat. (Also Schiaparelli had bigger explosions! ) 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] Loran_Battle Beta Tester 1,245 posts Report post #2 Posted September 15, 2017 Good post, I rate it Burning Love/10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteDorff Players 684 posts 5,190 battles Report post #3 Posted September 15, 2017 So .. they did not discover colorfull ponys on Saturn ? that must be a bummer for some thanks for sharing the vid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[XBGX] _VAMPA_ Players 747 posts 16,618 battles Report post #4 Posted September 15, 2017 lulz ponies everywhere Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havaduck ∞ Players 2,989 posts 11,824 battles Report post #5 Posted September 15, 2017 Not yet discovered, comrade! Why else would huge sums be released to fund future missions. Take Juice for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUICE_(spacecraft) Spoiler ....because everyone knows Ponies like juice boxes! Hard to believe it actually started nearly exactly 60 years ago (aka "4. OKTRBPR" which should appease even WG) with a simple apparatus: Spoiler This is also what started "the grounding"-fad way ahead before it was considered en vogue as it as now by all the "cool kid"-probes. ^^ Well theres always a next mission, and I hope the best for the S.E.T.A-Program (Search for Extratequestrial Anons) ....... Spoiler although success of such a program would bring "other dangers". Spoiler Enough silliness (for now), I might close with some actual facts that some might find interesting: One of the "interesting Moons" is Iapetus or the "Walnut Moon" ..... for obvious reasons: Its bulge-like elevation that forms an equatorial ridge and travels around the moon and gives it a distinctive wallnut-like appearance. It also gives the phrase "Join the Dark Side" a new meaning, as its hemispheres are made up of a brighter and way darker one - to give you a idea: ........ and if you still not convinced to join the Dark Side: Spoiler Join the Dark Side We Have Dashie. (thx @lup3s for that one again. ) and you better listen to him because literally: Best Side on Iapetus? Dark Side confirmed best side on Iapetus. Vader and Emperor give it 10 out of 10 forcechokes. and if havent had enough of Star Wars just yet, you are in luck! How about the Death Star? Yep, thats Mimas another Moon ......pardon.... Space Station of Saturn. €: One last edit done ........... I might have to be careful now, I reached critical levels of dank meme-ing here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] aboomination Players 5,763 posts 16,940 battles Report post #6 Posted September 15, 2017 Still, V'ger continues her journey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] lup3s Players 5,744 posts 32,893 battles Report post #7 Posted September 15, 2017 4 hours ago, havaduck said: thx @lup3s for that one again. tfw you have to do a presentation and this was my wallpaper atm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SCRUB] T0byJug Quality Poster 5,358 posts 25,531 battles Report post #8 Posted September 17, 2017 On 9/15/2017 at 4:53 PM, havaduck said: A journey that began in the early 80s, took off in the late 90s, arrived mid of the first decade of the new millennia came today to an end. Roughly 2 p.m. MESZ we got the very last signal after roughly 1,5 hours earlier the probe broke apart and its debris fell deeper into Saturns atmosphere and was shining its last light. Just as a true Division player, Cassini worked for the green teams effort to the very end: Doing all the importing spotting, fighting to keep its main turret pointed in the right direction for the very last salvo; before ultimately ramming itself on purpose into that noob that is camping roughly around 8 to 11 AU away from the (blue-)mainbase! Lets give our last salute to a project that spanned over several decades, a probe that worked for2 decades after being launched (something that cant be said about this game after 2 years ) and the effort of everyone involved on earth. And if thats to much text for ya ......... Reveal hidden contents €: @T0byJug Philiae, Rosetta, Huygens, etc ......... and even Schiaparelli ( ) did the grounding before it was cool! Cassini is just a copycat. (Also Schiaparelli had bigger explosions! ) I was on Arrival Support for this when Huygens separated.. I've worked 2 times on Christmas day in my life.. this was one the other was 2003 and Mars Express.. I can think of worse Things to have to work for.. Schiaparelli did its job as well.(and yes i was there for that as well). It Showed more work was needed on the landing Mechanisms that will land a rover on mars Space better than a real Job 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havaduck ∞ Players 2,989 posts 11,824 battles Report post #9 Posted September 18, 2017 How I imagine things under Scrub-influence there. (posted this in our thread, dunno if you saw it, but now it fits even better ) 23 hours ago, T0byJug said: (and yes i was there for that as well) + Space better than a real Job Most definitely there are worse occupations. Usually I really [edited] only at lost chances which you have no clue when or if at all there going to be a next one ...... like Phobus Grunt. An ambitions project lost and the next Mars Moon exploration is when? Its not even on ANY map yet; and well, of all the people around I probably dont have to tell you how long it takes for a project from the conceptual phase to actually being there and gathering data. I have been on the edge on the Rosetta fly by ..... on the wakeup again. Same with New Horizon for example. And even looking at historical missions: Remember when Venera evaluated the composition of its camera lens cap/cover rather then the surface of Venus. .... I bet recordings of the ensuing "Suka" and "Blyat" would be probably scientiffically valuable to linguists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
