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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
Hi space cadets, here is some really great news. We have landed on
other planets and taken off again. It's in Sydney Morning Herald, by noted science journalist, Nicky Phillips. And seeing as SMH is one of Australia's leading broadsheets, it's gotta be true. I quote: "Cassini, a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, arrived at Saturn in 2004 and will continue orbiting the planet until September 2017. During its mission, which has been extended twice, the spacecraft has landed on the planet's largest moon, Titan, and completed multiple flybys of its other moons." http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...129-2aiso.html I mean "Nicky". It's just about perfect, isn't it. Perhaps "Cindy" might have been better. Or "Fi-fi"... (Just reminded of a recent story on TV where the lady "science journalist" was reading an account of how Richard Branson was going to go into the depths of the sea. "Five miles down", she read. "Hold on", she added, "That's obviously a typo. They would have meant five THOUSAND miles down". Yeah. That would be it. Of course, girls do biology in science at high school, don't they?) |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 20:27:07 -0800 (PST), fabzorba
wrote: "Cassini, a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, arrived at Saturn in 2004 and will continue orbiting the planet until September 2017. During its mission, which has been extended twice, the spacecraft has landed on the planet's largest moon, Titan, and completed multiple flybys of its other moons." A bit imprecise, but generally correct. Cassini carried the Huygens probe, which landed on Titan. |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
"Mark Sieving" wrote in message
... On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 20:27:07 -0800 (PST), fabzorba wrote: "Cassini, a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, arrived at Saturn in 2004 and will continue orbiting the planet until September 2017. During its mission, which has been extended twice, the spacecraft has landed on the planet's largest moon, Titan, and completed multiple flybys of its other moons." A bit imprecise, but generally correct. Cassini carried the Huygens probe, which landed on Titan. ============================================== How large a bit of imprecision qualifies as "just plain wrong but generally correct"? -- This message is brought to you from the keyboard of Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
fabzorba wrote:
Hi space cadets, here is some really great news. We have landed on other planets and taken off again. It's in Sydney Morning Herald, by noted science journalist, Nicky Phillips. And seeing as SMH is one of Australia's leading broadsheets, it's gotta be true. I quote: "Cassini, a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, arrived at Saturn in 2004 and will continue orbiting the planet until September 2017. During its mission, which has been extended twice, the spacecraft has landed on the planet's largest moon, Titan, and completed multiple flybys of its other moons." http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...129-2aiso.html I mean "Nicky". It's just about perfect, isn't it. Perhaps "Cindy" might have been better. Or "Fi-fi"... No. A Fi-fi would have written fly-buys. -- Regards John for mail: my initials plus a u e at tpg dot com dot au |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
"fabzorba" wrote in message
... Hi space cadets, here is some really great news. We have landed on other planets and taken off again. It's in Sydney Morning Herald, by noted science journalist, Nicky Phillips. And seeing as SMH is one of Australia's leading broadsheets, it's gotta be true. I quote: "Cassini, a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, arrived at Saturn in 2004 and will continue orbiting the planet until September 2017. During its mission, which has been extended twice, the spacecraft has landed on the planet's largest moon, Titan, and completed multiple flybys of its other moons." http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...129-2aiso.html I mean "Nicky". It's just about perfect, isn't it. Perhaps "Cindy" might have been better. Or "Fi-fi"... (Just reminded of a recent story on TV where the lady "science journalist" was reading an account of how Richard Branson was going to go into the depths of the sea. "Five miles down", she read. "Hold on", she added, "That's obviously a typo. They would have meant five THOUSAND miles down". Yeah. That would be it. Of course, girls do biology in science at high school, don't they?) They used to do *domestic* science, which apparently meant cookery... -- Gordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God." |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway
wrote: "Mark Sieving" wrote in message ... On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 20:27:07 -0800 (PST), fabzorba wrote: "Cassini, a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, arrived at Saturn in 2004 and will continue orbiting the planet until September 2017. During its mission, which has been extended twice, the spacecraft has landed on the planet's largest moon, Titan, and completed multiple flybys of its other moons." A bit imprecise, but generally correct. Cassini carried the Huygens probe, which landed on Titan. ============================================== How large a bit of imprecision qualifies as "just plain wrong but generally correct"? -- This message is brought to you from the keyboard of Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway Much better than using 'Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912' for posting, which is absolutetely, completely, and totally wrong. Better your ways, or get kill-filed, Jan |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
"J. J. Lodder (J. J. Lodder)" wrote in message
... Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway wrote: "Mark Sieving" wrote in message ... On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 20:27:07 -0800 (PST), fabzorba wrote: "Cassini, a joint project between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, arrived at Saturn in 2004 and will continue orbiting the planet until September 2017. During its mission, which has been extended twice, the spacecraft has landed on the planet's largest moon, Titan, and completed multiple flybys of its other moons." A bit imprecise, but generally correct. Cassini carried the Huygens probe, which landed on Titan. ============================================== How large a bit of imprecision qualifies as "just plain wrong but generally correct"? -- This message is brought to you from the keyboard of Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway Much better than using 'Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912' for posting, which is absolutetely, completely, and totally wrong. Better your ways, or get kill-filed, Jan ================= **** off. *plonk* -- This message is brought to you from the keyboard of Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
On Dec 3, 1:07*pm, (J. J. Lodder) (J. J.
Lodder) wrote: Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway wrote: Much better than using 'Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912' for posting, which is absolutetely, completely, and totally wrong. Poor *******, you should pity him, not revile him. |
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Astronomy scoop from Sydney Morning Herald.
Peter Brooks wrote:
On Dec 3, 1:07 pm, (J. J. Lodder) (J. J. Lodder) wrote: Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway wrote: Much better than using 'Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912' for posting, which is absolutetely, completely, and totally wrong. Poor *******, you should pity him, not revile him. No pity for the dark side, when they commit crimes. And yes, spoiling the quote levels is a crime, on usenet. Off to Siberia with him, untill he repents, and mends the errors of his ways, Jan |
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