Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2018 Joint Spring Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of the SPS
Volume 63, Number 8
Thursday–Saturday, March 22–24, 2018; Stephenville, Texas
Session FB1: Banquet (19:30-21:30) |
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Friday, March 23, 2018 7:30PM - 8:06PM |
FB1.00001: The Hows and Whys for the Cassini Mission Grand Finale Invited Speaker: Julie Webster The Cassini Mission to Saturn revolutionized our understanding of Saturn, its complex rings, the amazing assortment of moons and the planet1s dynamic magnetic environment. It lasted almost 20 years, thirteen of those years studying every aspect of the Saturnian system. So why would NASA end such a successful program? Julie Webster will discuss why the mission was ended and how, even as it was ending, the Cassini spacecraft continued to add invaluable science to our knowledge of Saturn. [Preview Abstract] |
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