# Cassini - goodbye

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassini-goodbye/796405>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 15, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassini-goodbye/796405 "2017-09-15T15:28:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5a626/32.png) [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassini-goodbye/796405/1 "2017-09-15T15:28:03Z")

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> **[Cassini: Probe incinerates on entry to Saturn](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41207827)**
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> The US-led Cassini space probe reaches a spectacular climax, burning up in Saturn's atmosphere.

Geez, I’m a sap. This was sad for me. The little explorer burned up Thursday. Such a great mission.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassini-goodbye/796405/2 "2017-09-15T15:37:11Z")

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There’s already a thread for that.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836309](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836309)

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**Author:** ![Pippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5a626/32.png) [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassini-goodbye/796405/3 "2017-09-15T15:52:09Z")

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Oops, I’ll see if I can delete.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassini-goodbye/796405/4 "2017-09-15T16:05:06Z")

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> [@Pippers](#):
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> Oops, I’ll see if I can delete.

You can’t, but I’ve reported it as a duplicate.