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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 89387" data-attributes="member: 175144">Maybe thats it, Weve all seen the 'artists impressions' of what various outer planet systems would look like, and so the real resuls will never be anywhere near as spectacular (the quote 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion' springs to mind)The launch of Cassinin came unfortunataly at the beginning of big advances in camera technology, digital compression and simultaneous algorithm communication, but it had to happen then and not a few months later, owing to the planetry configurations being just right for the trip.Ill post some impressions over the next few days, maybe that will make the seven year journey seem less like an anticlimax. Might even spot a few aliens in the shots if you look closely ;) I would have thought however that after the cockups in recent years of the Mars stuff, this was just what was needed to get interest back into space research for everyone. Five star fuel might just be making a comeback in 50 years time as a result.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 89387, member: 175144"] Maybe thats it, Weve all seen the 'artists impressions' of what various outer planet systems would look like, and so the real resuls will never be anywhere near as spectacular (the quote 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion' springs to mind) The launch of Cassinin came unfortunataly at the beginning of big advances in camera technology, digital compression and simultaneous algorithm communication, but it had to happen then and not a few months later, owing to the planetry configurations being just right for the trip. Ill post some impressions over the next few days, maybe that will make the seven year journey seem less like an anticlimax. Might even spot a few aliens in the shots if you look closely ;) I would have thought however that after the cockups in recent years of the Mars stuff, this was just what was needed to get interest back into space research for everyone. Five star fuel might just be making a comeback in 50 years time as a result. [/QUOTE]

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