Science Cassini Spacecraft crashes into Saturn - It's been a grand 20 years

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I've always loved pictures of Saturn, there was just something special about that planet even if it's most likely not the most unique planet out there. But truly it's one of the most majestic, and Cassini did its job well bringing us closer to understanding our favorite gas giant. NASA wants to go back to Saturn in the future, so Cassini won't be alone for too awful long.
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Alec Benson Leary said:
But what shirt was the lead engineer wearing?
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They didn't say what she was wearing.

“We call loss of signal,” said spacecraft operations manager Julie Webster at 4:55 a.m. local time.

There was utter silence at mission control. And then Maize spoke: “I'm going to call this the end of mission. Project manager, off the net.”

The room burst into applause. Maize immediately stood, strode over to Webster, and gave her a hug.

“I'm almost without words,” Webster said at a news conference an hour later. She has worked on the Cassini mission for more than two decades and is among the few people at NASA who ventured inside the craft as it was being built.

“A perfect spacecraft,” she said, her voice almost cracking with emotion. “It did exactly what it was supposed to do.”

“Even better,” chimed in Project Scientist Linda Spilker.

“Even better,” Webster agreed. “Exactly as it always did.”
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AnOminous said:
“We call loss of the electorate,” said campaign operations manager Julie Webster at 4:55 a.m. local time.

There was utter silence at mission control. And then Maize spoke: “I'm going to call this the end of run. Campaign manager, announce our concession.”

The room burst into applause. Maize immediately stood, strode over to Webster, and gave her a hug.

“I'm almost without words,” Webster said at a news conference an hour later. She has worked on the Hillary Clinton campaign for more than two decades and is among the few people at the DNC who ventured inside the humanoid gynoid as it was being built.

“A perfect candidate,” she said, her voice almost cracking with emotion. “It did exactly what it was supposed to do.”

“Even better,” chimed in Demographics Scientist Linda Spilker.

“Even better,” Webster agreed. “Exactly as it always did.”
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At least Cassini got to go out in a blaze of glory, as a noble spacecraft deserves.

Not like this.

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