>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO NASA'S 
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IN 
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
I'M GOING TO BE THE MODERATOR 
TODAY FOR OUR WRAP-UP NEWS 
BRIEFING FOR THE CASSINI MISSION
TO SATURN.
WE B FAREWELL TO THE CASSINI 
SPACECRAFT.
WE HAVE KEY TEAM MEMBERS WITH US
TODAY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.  
WE HAVE REPORTERS ON THE PHONE, 
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU 
SHOULD PRESS STAR ONE ON YOUR
TEPHONE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TRACKING 
QUESTIONS VIA SOCIALMEDIA, AND 
YOU CAN U THE H
HASHTAG  #ASKNASA.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCEO YOU 
MICHAEL WATKINS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, AND WELCOME TO 
JPL.
JPL DESIGNED, BUILT, AND 
OPERATED THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT 
FOR NASA.
AS YOU HEARD, IT TRANSMITTED ITS
FINAL SIGNALS FROM SATURNND 
THEN BECME PART OF THE PLANET 
THAT IT HAD BEEN STUDYING FOR 
SEVEN YEARS.  CONTINUING THE 
LEGEND OCASSINI, IT TURNED 
THAT EVENTN EVENT OF 
HOPE.
NOT AN END, BUT REALLY A 
BEGINNING.
 THE DISCOVERIES THAT CASSINI
HAS MADE OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS 
IN ORBIT HAVE REWRIN THE 
TEXTBOOKS OF SATURN, HAVE 
DISCOVERE WORLDS THAT COULD BE 
HABITABLE, AND CAN GUARANTEE 
THAT WE WILL RETURN TO THAT 
RINGED WORLD.
SO THE FANTASTIC DISCOVERIES 
THAT CONTINUE TO BE MADE WITH 
THE LAST SET OF RING-CROSSING 
ORBITS IN THE GRAND FINALE OF 
CASSINI HASN'T REALLY EVEN BEEN 
STUDIED YET.
THE LAST FEW SECONDS OF THE 
CASSINI MISSION ARE OUR FIRST 
TASTE OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF 
SATURN.
EVEN THE LAST FEW SECONDS, 
CASSINI MANAGED TO CONTINUE ITS 
REWRITING HETEXTBOOKS AND 
ITS LEGEND.
AND TO TALK MORE ABOUT CASSINI 
AND A THE PROGRAM, D LIKE 
TO INTRODUCE THE HEAD OF THE 
SCIENCE DIRECTIVE AT NASA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE'RE HERE WITH A MAGNIFICENT
MISSION THAT HAD AN AMAZING END.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PULL 
UP THE FIRST PICTURE.
THERE IT IS! ONE OF THE MOST 
BEAUTIFUL PLANETS WE CAN 
IMAGINE.
IT BORDERS ON SCI-FI FROM TIME 
TO TIME.
WE LOOK AT THE IMAGES, AND WE 
WONDER, WOW, IS THAT REALLY HOW 
NATURE IS?
AND YES IT IS.
NATURE IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
THIS IMAGE, OF COURSE, TAKEN 
ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO, SHOWS THE 
AMAZING PLANET, THE RESEARCH 
THAT THIS SPACECRAFT HAD.
THIS IS CASSINI.
NEXTPICTURE.
THIS IS ALSO CASSINI.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THIS IS CASSINI.
A DIVERSE SET OF PEOPLE FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE.
YOU SEE AT THE TOP THERE, THE 
NCE TEAM AT THEIRAST 
MEETING JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, 
WAVING AT THE CAMERA AND REALLY
CELEBRATING WHATHEY'RE 
LEARNING AND RECOGNIZING THAT 
THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR DONE.
SCIENCE WILL GO ON AND MORE 
DISCOVERIE WILL BE MADE WITH 
THE DATA, NOT JUST FROM THE LAST
BIT, BUT THE LAST MONTHS.
YOU SEE AT BOTTOM, MANY 
MEMBERS OF THE ENGINEERING TEAM,
WHICH ARE A REALLY IMPORTANT 
PART OF THIS AS WELL, TOGETHER 
AS WE ADDED THEM UP, CLOSE T 
5,000 OR SO, YOU KNOW,
INDIVIDUALS, PUTTING THEIR HEART
AND SOUL INTO THIS MAGNICENT 
MISSION.
THIS IS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 
CASSINI.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WHAT YOU DON'T S THERE IS THAT
THESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTATIVE 
OF 26 COUNTRIES OR SO, AND OF 
COURSE, YNOW AT THAT -- THE 
ENTIRE MISSION INVOLVED THREE 
ACE AGENCIES.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO CALL OUT 
MY COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDSROM 
OUR SISTER AGENCIES, AND I WANT 
TO WELCOME YOU HERE AND THANK 
YOU FOR COMING HERE.
YOU'RE HERE.
THE DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE, MY 
COUNTER PART AT THE EUROPEAN 
SPACE AGENCY.
THANKS SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND ROBERTO, THE PRESIDENT FROM 
ITALY, AND A REALLY IMPORTANT 
PART OF THESIGN.
MUCH.
SE ]
I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT OF 
ITALIAN IN SWITZERLAND.
THE REST I FORGOT.
FOR PA YEARS, ALL HAVE COME 
TOG 
LIGHT ON THIS MOST MAGNIFICENT 
WORK, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE 
WORKS OF FORMER GOVERNOR HERE, 
WE WILL BE BACK.
THANK TO CASSINI, THAT WE KNOW 
T BE  WORLD THAT S SO 
FACETS TO IT, AND MY FACETS 
ACTUALLY WE DID NOT EXPECT.
WITH TODAY'S END OF THIS 
MISSION, WENOW THE 
PLANET'S MOON WILL REMAIN 
PRISNE.  WE PROTECTED SCIENCE 
TO BE DONE INHE FUTURE, AND WE
CAN AND WILL OVER TIMED WAYS
TO GO BACK TO THESE MOONS AND 
EXPLORE THEM.
HEUESTIONS THERE HS
ASK, KEEP US UPNIGHT.
QUESTIONS THAT ARE SO DEEP, SO 
SIMPLE THAT EVERY ONE OF US CAN 
UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT WE 
VE THE PHD OR SOME KIND OF 
STEM EDUCATION.
QUESTIONS THAT ARE AT THE HEART 
OF THE POPULAS OF HUMANITY AS A 
WHOLE.
MY SHOUTOUT TO THE AM.
WHAT WILL STICK WITH ME ABOUT 
CASSINI IS THE TEAM IN THAT ROOM
WORKING TOGETHE ONE UNTIL 
THEVERY END OF THIS MAGNIFICENT
MISSION.
CONGRATS TO THE CASSINI TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
NOWLY INTRODUCE OUR PANELISTS.
FIRST IS THE CASSINI PROGRAM 
MANAGER.
NEXT WE HAVE LINDA, THE CASSINI 
PROJECT SCIENTIST.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NEXT TO HER WE HAVE JULIE 
WEBSTER, THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT 
OPERATIONS MANAGER.
APPLAUSE ]
SO I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO 
EARL. 
>> THANKS.
MAYBE WE COULD JUST RECREATE THE
LAST FEW MOMENTS IN THE MSA.
>> ARE YOU CRYING?
>> WE ARE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
>> WE HAVE LOSS OF SIGNAL.
>> PROJECT MANAGER, FLIGHT 
DIRECTOR. 
>> GO AHEAD
>> WE CALL LOSS OF SIGNAL AT 
11:55:46. 
>> PROJECT MANAGER ON FSO COORD?
>> MAYBE A TRICKLE LEFT, BUT 
JUST HEARD THE SIGNAL FROM THE 
SPACECRAFT IS WITHIN THE NEXT 4 
THE SPACECRAFT.
I HOPE YOU'RE ALL AS DEEPLY 
PROUD OF THIS AMAZING 
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
NGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
THIS HAS BEEN AN E 
MISSION, INCREDIBLE SPACECRAFT, 
AND YOU'RE ALL AN INCREDIBLE 
TEAM.
I'M GOING TO CALLS THE END 
OF MISSION.
PROJECT MANAGER OFF THE NET.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THERE ARE TIMES IN THIS WORLD
WHEN THINGS JUST LINE UP, WHEN 
EVERYTHING IS JUST ABOUT 
PERFECT.
A CHILD'S LAUGH, A DESERT 
SUNSET, AND THIS MORNING.
IT JUST COULDN'T HAVE BEEN 
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 
MOMENT THA WE'VE B WAITING 
FOR THIS ENTIRE SEVEN YEARS, 
EVERYTHING LINED UP JUST RIGHT.
YOU STEP BACK AND SAY THE 
SAME THING ABOUT THE CASSINI 
MISSION.
A SUPERB MACHINE DOING 
EVERYTHING WE COULD DO TO REVEAL
THE MYSTERIESAND SECRETS OF OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM.
THIS MORNING, A MACHINADE BY 
HUMAN KIND FINISHED ITS MISSION 
900 MILLION MILES AWAY.
A MERE OBSERVER WOULDN'T KNOW 
UNTIL 84 MINUTES LATER THAT 
CASSINI WAS GONE. THE END, THE  
EVERYTHING WE ASKED.
GROUND SYSTEMS SUPPORT WAS
SUPE AND WE BELIEVE WE GOT 
EVERY LAST BIT OF DATA.
WE HAVE, INDEED, ACCOMPLISHED 
EXACTLYHAT WE SET OUT TO DO.
COMPLETE MISSION WITH A 
SATURN PROBE.
MAE JUST A LITTLE ABOUT THE 
LEGACY OF THIS MISSION.
PA AND THE INSTRUMENTS THAT 
WE HAVEOPED FOR CASSINI, 
30 YEARS LATER, ALMOST, WILL BE 
THAT MUCH BETTER AND 
SOPHISTICATED TO THE 
ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE'RE IN.
THIS COLLABORATION WILL BE A 
HALLMARK FOR FUTURE MISSIONS.
INIRESENTED A UNIQUE SET 
OF CHALLENGES.  OF COURSE, 
THERE'S THE EVER LASTING TENSION
BETWEEN SCIENCE GOALS AND 
ENGINEERING CONSERVATISM.
BUT ALSO, T SCIENTISTS IN 
CONTENTION WITH EACH OTHER.
AND W THE ENGINEERS.
AND THE MIX OF THIS AS AN 
EXPERIMENT IN SOCIOLOGY WAS AN 
ASTONISHING SUCCESS.
I BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE 
MISSIONS ARE ULTIMATELY LEARNING
HOW TO COOPERATE AND GET THE 
BEST FROM THEIR MISSIONS.
AGO, TURNED IT INTO AN E WHILE 
ATMOSPHERIC PROBE.  EVERY PIECE 
OF ITAS BEEN USED FOR THE 
BENEFIT OEXPLORATION.
I'VE GOT TO THANK THEY 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WE HAD TWO SPACE AGENCIES, 17 
NATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE 
LAUNCH, THE HARDWARE OF THE 
MISSION.
THOUSANDS OF IIVIDUALS IN 
SC AND ENGINEERING.  WE HAD
TO REACH ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
EARLY '80s FOR THELKS WHO DID
THE THANKLESS COST EXERCISES 
OVER AND OVER AGAIN ALL THE WAY 
TO THE PEOPLE WHO SENT THE VERY 
FINAL COMMANDS.
THANK YOU.
AND THE GRATITUDE, I BELIEVE, OF
THE WORLD  SHOULD BE BESTOWED 
BONN YOU FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS 
MISSION.
WE ALSO NEED TO THANK OUR MANY 
MILLIONS OF FANS.
THE HEARTWARMING BUZZ THAT WE'VE
 FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, FROM 
EDUCATION OF REGIONS, THE MEDIA 
HAS JUST BEEN GREAT TELLING 
CASSINI'S STORY, INSPIRING THE 
NEXT SET OF EXPLORERS IS JUST 
ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO US AND 
THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS WE'VE 
FOUND.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THE CASSINI MISSION EED THIS 
MORNING, IN THE CLOUDS OF 
SATURN.
THE SPACECRAFT IS GONE.
THANKS AND FAREWELL, FATEFUL 
EXPLORER.
BUT THE LEGACY OF CASSINI AS 
IT WILL GO ON FOR DECADES.
THANK YOU, AND LONG LIVE 
CASSINI.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE JULIE WEBSTER.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I ALMOST HAVE N WORDS.  I WAS 
SUED TO GIVE THE RONOLOGY.
IE BN THIS MISSION 
SINCE IT WAS BUILT.
AND AS I GAV SEVERALINTERVIEWS
YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE PRIVILEGE 
FEW THAT ACTUALLY SAT INSIDE THE
SPACECRAFT BEFORE IT LEFT.
MY LAST IMAGEAS INSIDE OF THE 
PARTS AND THE WIING.
WE HAD -- WE'VE HAD 1 YEARS AT 
SATURN, BUT 20 YEARS OF AN 
INCRED SPACECRAFT THAT WAS 
DESIGNED PEOPLE, A I CAN'T 
EMPHASIZE THIS  THAT HAD 
30 YEARS O EXPERIENCE.
WHEN THEY DESIGNED IT, THEYOOK
ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE
VOYAGERS AND GALILEOS AND 
MAGELLONS AND MARS OBSERVER.
AND BUILD A PERFECT SPACECRAFT.
YOU KNOW?
RIGHT TO THE LAST END.
THE WHOLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IN 
THE SPACECRAF AT ONE
TEMPERATURE.
IT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND THAT SPEAKS TO ALL THE 
INDIVIDUAL ENGINEERS THAT BUILT 
THE SPACECRAFT TO LAST.
THE MSIONS MANNING TEAM AND 
THE NAVIGATION TEAM THA
DESIGNED THE TRAJECTORY TO GET 
THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR 
THE SCIENTISTS, AND MISSION 
PLNERS GOING BACK AND FOR 
WITH THE SCIENTISTS, YOU KNOW, 
LIKE SEVEN DIFFERENT 
TRAJECTORIES CHOSEN AT THIS 
POINT.
AND I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE
ALL SCIENTISTS EQUALLY UNHAPPY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ANDOAL FOR OUR TEAM, MY 
TEAM, AND THE NAVIGATION TEAM 
WAS TO MAKE IT LAST.
 I THINK YOU SAW MORNING
THAT WE DID.
WE GOT ACTUALLY ALMOST 30 
CONDS LONGER THAN WE 
PRODICTED.
IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT TO ME 
BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE FLASH OF 
AN EYE.
ALL NIGHT LONG, THE MINUTES 
SEEMED LIKE A LONG TIME.
ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WAS OVER.
CASSINI AS A SPACECRAFT COULD 
 GONE ON A LONG TIME.
BUT I ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION 
AT SATURN.
WE DID EVERYTHING THAT THE 
ISTS 
DURING THAT TIME WE TRAVELED 4.9
BILLION MILES.  WE DID 292 AND A
HALF, 293 UNIQUE ORBITS AROUND 
SATURN SHAPED BY THE NAVIGATION 
AND SPACECRAFT TEAM, POINT HERE 
AND GO CHANGE YOUR SPEED THIS 
WAY.
THE SPACECRAFT PERFORMING 
FLAWLESSLY.
WE DID 360 BURNS.  WE PLANNED 
472.
WE EXECUTED 360, A LITTLE MORE
THAN HALF OF THOSE ON THE MAIN 
ENGINE.
THE OTHER HALF ON THE OTHER
PART.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST 22 -- THE 
LAST 21 WEEKS, SINCE APRIL, I 
WAS A LOT MORE NERVOUS IN APRIL 
WHEN WE DOVE THROUGH THE FIRST 
TIME.
I COULD BELY SPEAK.
I COULD BARELY BREATHE, WHEN WE 
WERE WAITING FO THAT SIGNAL 
SAY THAT WE GOT THROUGH INSIDE 
THE RINGS.
AND THIS LAST TIME, I HAD NO 
WORDS BECAUSE IT DIDCTLY 
WHAT IT SAID IT WAS SUPPOSED TO 
D
>> EVEN BETTER. 
 EVEN BETTER, A 
DID AS IT ALWAYS DID.
I CAN'T -- AT RADIO SCIENCE, 
MADE THE CALL FOR THE END OF 
MISSION, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU 
GUYS, RADIOE DOES -- THEY
DO THESE 30 HOUR LONG , AND 
I SEE THEM STAY IN DAY AFTER DAY
AFTER DAY.
DOCTORS WOULD REFER TO THE FACT 
THAT CASSINI WILL HAVE QUESTIONS
FOR THE SCIENTISTS THAT WILL 
KEEP THEM UP AT NIGHT.
WELL, I NO LONGER HAVE A 
SPACECFT TO KEEP ME UP AT 
NIGHT.
AND I THINK AFTER A FEW DAYS, I 
THINK I'M GOING TO MISS THAT.
DON'T ASK ME TOMORROW IF I'M 
READY TO BILD ANOTHERONE, BUT 
YOU CAN ASK ME NEXT MONTH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WE'VE GOT THREE YEARS OF TEST 
LABS AND FLIGHT HARDWARE AND 
SUPPORT HARDWARE AND A POOL OF 
150 PEOPLE TO DISPERSE AND BREAK
DOWN.
BUT RIGHT UNTIL THE END, IT DID 
EVERYTHING.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TEAM 
IS IN HERE RIGHT NOW, AND I WANT
TO THANK AGAIN THE REALTIME 
OPERATIONS THAT ALSO WORKED THE 
THANKLESS HOURS, WHO WERE THE 
ONES WHO CALLED ME IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT.
IT WENT PERFECT.
IT DID EVERYTHING YOU'D ASK US 
TO DO.
WHEN WE DIDN'T DO IT, IT WAS 
BECAUSE OF WHAT WE TOLD IT TO 
DO.
IT STILL WAS OUR FAULT.
 PERFECT.
IT'S PERFECT.
AND IT'S A PLACE THAT BLOWS MY 
WILDEST DREAMS.
I'D BLAST IT IN THE CAR GOING 
HOME AND BLAST IT COMING BACK 
IN.
THIS HAS TRULY BEEN BEYOND MY 
WILDEST DREAMS.
>> THANK YOU, JULIE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> OKAY.
AND NOW OVER TO LINDA. 
>> FOR ME, THIS HAS BEEN AN 
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WITH CASSINI
THAT SPANNED 40 YEARS.
I WAS WITH THE MISSION FROM WHEN
IT WAS JUST AN IDEA, AFTER THE 
VOYAGE OF FLY-BYES, AND NOW TO 
SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END IS 
TRULYAMAZING.
AND TO SHARE THAT WITH MY 
FAMILY, MY PERSONAL FAMILY AND 
MY CASSINI FAMILY, WHAT A 
WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
LOOKING BACK ON THE MISSION, I 
SEE A MISSION THAT WAS RUNNING A
13-YEAR MARATHON OF SCIENTIFIC 
DISCOVERY.
AND THIS LAST ORBIT WAS JUST TE
LAST 
SO WE STOOD IN CELEBRATION OF 
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE
RACE.
I STOOD THERE WITH A MIXTURE OF 
APPLAUSE AND TEARS, BECAUSE IT 
FELT SO MUCH LIKE LOSING A 
FRIEND, A SPACECRAFT I HAD 
GOTT.
LOOKING AT THE END AND 
BEGINNING, THERE'S SO MUCH LEFT,
SO MUCH INCREDIBLE SCIENCE LEFT 
TO FIGURE OUT AND UNDERSTAND, 
DECADES' WORTH, SCIENCE TH 
WILL SPAN A GENERAI 
THINK ABOUT CASSINI GOING IN,
KNOW THERE'S A PIE OF THERE
 HEART AND UL.
I KNOW THAT WE SIGNED UP, OUR 
G 
THOSE SHEETS WERE SD IN, 
PUT ON ACD, AND THAT CD IS ON 
BOARD CASSINI.
SO A LITTLE PIECE OF ME WENT 
INTO SATURN'S ATMOSPHERE ALONG
WITH CASSINI.
SO WHAT AN INCREDIBLE RIDE.
JUST LASTING FOR SO LONG.
I WANT TO STEP BACK JUST A 
LITTLE BIT, IF WE COULD GO TO 
THE FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS AN IMAGE PUT TOGETHER BY
A VISUAL INFRARED SPECTRONOMY 
TEAM.
THIS IS VIEW AT FIVE MICRONS YOU
CAN SEE THE HEAT ENERGY COMING 
OUT OF SATURN, AND THIS IS THE 
PLACE WHERE CASSINI TOOK ITS 
FINAL PLUNGE.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT GRAPHIC, 
THAT'S WHERE WE THINK CASSINI 
WENT INTO TH ATMOSPHERE OF 
SATURN.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE RIDE.
TO GET THAT VERY L 
IMAGESHAT CAME BAC FRO
CASSINI, SO HERE IT IS TURNED 
AROUND VERY QUICKLY FOR YOU TO 
SEE.
IF WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SET, IF 
WE HAD A LAST LOOK AT IMAGES, 
LOOK AT THIS, AND YOU CAN SHARE 
WHAT WE SAW FOR OUR FINAL SET OF
IMAGES AND DATA.
SATURN, SETTING BEHIND SATURN.
HOW BEAUTIFUL.
THE MOSAIC OF SATURN AND THE 
RINGS IN COLOR, OUR LAST LOOK AT
THIS INCREDIBLE SYSTEM.
TITAN.
YOU CAN SEE THE LAKES AND SEAS 
AT THE NORTH POLE AND THE HAZE.
AND AN EVEN BETTER VIEW OF THE 
LAKES.
THERE'S DAFTNESS CREATING ITS 
WEIGHT ALONG THE EDGE OF THE 
GAP, AND THE BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE
IN THE RINGS.
ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING OUT ACROSS 
 
DIVISION, SMUGGLED NEXT TO IT.
VIEWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS 
FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.
A TINY PROPELLER, THE ROCKET 
JUST ABOVE THE DARK GAP.
LARGE SET OF RINGS TOGETHER 
TRAPPED OPEN GAS.  HERE'S 
CASSINI'S FINAL IMAGE.
WHAT A WONDERFUL SET OF DATA.
AS WE WENT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, 
WE HAD EIGHT, INCLUDING THE EYE 
OF THE SPECTROMETER AND 
NUETROMETER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
BUT IN PARTICULAR, TRYING TO 
UNDERSTAND AS WE PROBED DEEPER, 
THE HYDROGEN TO HELIUM RATIO.
YOU CAN'T MEASU HE UNLESS 
YOU DIRECEASURE IT.
YOU CAN INFER IT AND MODEL IT, 
BUT TO BE THERE AND DIRECTLY 
MEASURE AND SAMPLE, THAT WAS 
AMAZING.
SO THATAS HARD ATKHT 
NOW LOOKING AT THEIR DATA AND 
TRYING TO ASSESS WHAT THEY SAW 
IN THE MOMENTS, AND I'M SURE 
THEY'LL BE VERY PPY.
AND THE LONGER TERM ANALYSIS 
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AS 
WELL, AND PARTICULARLY THE 
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE TEA
WE HAD TOO MANY TO TRY AND FIT 
ALL AT JPL.
THEY'RE DONE AND THEY'VE BEEN 
CELEBRATING, AND I'VE HEARD, 
HAVING A GREAT TIME FROM THE 
REPORTS I'VE HEARD.
AND ALSO T THANK THE BLIC, AS
I'VE SAID, WHO HAVE COME ALONG 
WITH US.
WHEN I THINK AUT CASSINI, I 
THINK THE FINAL GIFT IS THE FACT
THAT WE KNEW THE DAY, THE HOUR, 
THE MINUTE,ND NOW THE SECOND 
OF THE PLUNGE.
SO WE COULD GATHER TOGETHER WITH
THE SCIENTISTS, TH GINEERS,
WITH THE PUBLIC, WI OUR OWN 
FAMILIES.
YOU CAN THINK OF US AS A 
WORLDWIDE CASSINI FAMILY.
AND SHARED THE FINAL MOMENT OF 
E PLUNGE, AND HAVE THAT MEMORY
DD TO OURASSINI 
SCRAPBOOKS.
IF I HAD ONE THING I COULD SAY, 
I'D OOD-BYE CASSINI.
THAN FOR THE WINGSIDE SEAT AT
SATURN.
AND AS THOMAS SAID, WE'LL BE 
BACK.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, LINDA.
NOW TO THE QUESTION AND ANSWER 
PART OF OUR BRIEING.
A REMINDER FOR REPORTERS ON THE 
PHONE, PRESS STAR ONE, AND 
YOU'LL GET PUT INTO THE QUEUE.
WE'LL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA 
QUESTIONS WITH #ASKNASA, AND 
ANYONE I THEROOM, RAISE YOUR 
HAND AND WE'LL BRING THE MIC 
AROUND AND YOU CAN STAND UP AND 
K A QUESTION.
ANY QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM?
RIGHT THERE.
>> HI, THANK YOU ALL.
AN CONGRATULATIONS.
I KNOW IT WAS AGSHOT.
I WONDER IF ANY OF THE 
TELESCOPES OVER BY AUSTRALIA 
AND IN THAT AREA ACTUALLY SAW 
THE FLASH OF CASSINI GOING INTO 
SARN. 
>> I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY REPORTS 
BACK ABOUT THAT YET, AND IT WAS 
A LONG SHOT, AND MAYBE WE'LL SEE
SOMETHING.
>> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD 
MENTION THE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS 
GOING INTO THE PLANET.
HOW MUCH HOPE DO YOU HAVE 
THE MEASUREMENTS ARE GOING TO 
HELP YOU FINALLY FIGURE OUT THE 
INTERNAL ROTATION RATE OF SATURN
AND THE LENGTH OF A DAY?
>> WELL, MICHELLE IS HERE, AND 
LOOKING GRIM, BUT I KNOW SHE'S 
GOINGO WORK REALLY HAR TO 
FIGURE THAT OUT.
>> WE TAKE DATA FOR AS LONG AS 
POSSIBLE ON THE WAY IN, THAT 
WILL GET US CLOSER TO THE PLANET
THAN ANYTHING HAS EVER BEEN, AND
WE NEED TO DO THAT TO ROLVE 
THE TI HOPING WE CAN DO IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO PROMISE.  BUT 
ASK ME IN THREE MONTH'S TIME.
GIVE US TIME TO ANALYZE THE 
DATA.
>> WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OVER 
HERE.
EMILY?
>> WE WERE WATCHING TWO GRAPHS 
RIGHT DOWN TOWARDS THE END.
ONE OF THEM FLAT LINED A LITTLE 
EARLIER THAN THE OTHER.
AND THE BOTTOM ONE SEEMED TO GO 
UP AND DOWN A LITTLE?
WHAT WERE THE TWO ERENTS AND
WHAT WAS HAPPENING? 
>> YOU WERE WATCHING RADIO 
SCIENCE SIGNAL THE CARRIER, THE 
X BAND CARRIER WAS THE TOP ONE.
THAT'SNE THAT'S T 8 GIG 
HERTZ SIGNAL AND THE OTHER WAS A
RADIO SCIENCE SIGNAL COHERENT AT
2GIGAHERTZ DOWN LOWER THAN THAT.
WE EXPECKEDED THAT THE S WOULD 
LAST LONGER THAN THE X.
BUT BECAUSE THE X HAS A WIDER 
BAND WIDTH PATTERN, THAT IT 
WOULD LAST.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU MAY HAVE 
SEEN A COUPLE OF SIDE BANDS 
COMINGWN FOR THE S BAND.
THEY HAVE PRETTY DRAMATIC AND 
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN A LITTLE ON 
THE X, BUT GOES WAY DOWN INTO
A FIRST NULL IN LESS THAN 
DEGREE.
THEN IT MIGHT HAVE BOUNCED UP 
AFTER THAT.
>> THE INFRARED IMAGE OF THE 
SPOT WHERE CASSINI PROBABLY 
DISINTEGRATED.
CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT 
THAT SPOT AND WHERE IT'S 
SITUATED?
>> MAYBE BOB B WHO'S BACK 
HERE, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
THAT REGION OF THE ATMOSPHERE?
>> AROU 10 DEGREES
LATITUDE.
WE FOUND OUT WE HAD AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO IMAGE THAT SITE A
FEW MONTHS BACK, AND BECAUSE THE
IMPACT TOOK PLACE, WHAT YOU SEE 
THERE IS THE THERMAL HEAT IMAGE 
FROM SATURN, THE HEAT LEAKING 
OUT.
WE TOOK A SHOT AND LUCKILY WE 
GOT IT.
>> WHEN WAS THAT IMAGE TAKEN?
>> ABOUT 15 HOURS AGO. 
>> ANYMORE QUESTIONS IN THE 
ROOM?
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PHONE.
WE HAVE MARSHA DUNN AS THE AP ON
THE LINE.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE TOASTS
HAVE BEGUN YET.
IS THERE CHAMPAGNE IN STORE FOR 
THE TEAM MORNING OR AFTERNOON?
>> THE SCIENCE TEAM'S GOING TO 
GET TOGETHER LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON.
>> THE FLICKED TEAM IS GOING TO 
GET SOME SLEEP.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO 
WAIT UNTIL THEN TO OPEN THE 
CHAMPAGNE. 
>> OKAY.
LET'S GO TO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA 
QUESTIONS.
>> AS CASSINI'S JOURNEY ENDS, 
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE LEFT 
THAT Y WOULD L TO SEE 
EXPLORED ON FUTURE MISSIONS TO 
SATURN?
>> FOR FUTURE SSIONS, I T 
THERE ARE A LOT OF 
POSSIBILITIE ONE CERTAINLY 
INVOLVES THE ENCELADUS.
IS THERE LIFE IN THAT OCEAN TO 
GO BACK WITH THE INSTRUMENTS TO 
SAMPLE THROUGH THE PL
TITAN, THE POTENTIAL FOR ASTRO 
BIOLOGY AND THE OCEANS ON TITAN.
DO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LAND AND
FIGURE THAT OUT?
AND ALSO THE SOUE OF METHANE 
THAT KEEPS THE ATMOSPHERE AS 
EXPANSIVE AS IT IS.
THE HEXAGON.
WHAT'S KEEPING IT GOING AND 
GOING LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY.
AND THE RINGS, CAN WE GET CLOSER
AND LOOK AT T INDIVIDUAL RIN 
PARTICLES TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND 
WHAT'S GOING ON?
F QUESTIONS REMAIN, AND 
THAT'S WHY I SAY WE HAVE TO GO 
BACK.
>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER SOCIAL 
MEDIA QUESTION. 
>> WHAT'S THE NEXT PROBE OR 
SPACECRAFT THAT WOULD BE SENT TO
SATURN?
>> WE'LL HAVE TO ASK NASA ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> HERE WE GO.
>> DIRECTOR OF PLANETARY SCIENCE
AT NASA, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE 
CONDUCTING A COMPETITION WE CALL
NEW FRONTIERS.
AND IN THAT CALL FOR PROPOSALS, 
WE INCLUDED ENCELADUS AND TITAN.
HANG TIGHT.
GOING THROUGH EVALUATIONS NOW 
AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 
WE'LL START ANNOUNCING SOME OF 
THE FINALISTS THAT WE'LL LOOK IN
GREATER DETAIL. 
>> THERE'S ALSO A SATURN E 
MISSION. 
>> VERY MUCH.
THERE IS, INDEED, SATURN ALREADY
FOR DECADES IN TERMS OF BEING 
ABLE TO GET INTO THE CLOUDS AND 
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE 
COMPOSITION AND MUCH MORE ABOUT 
IT.
>> RIGHT.
THIS CAN GO MUCH DEEPER LIKE THE
GALILEO PROBE. 
>> JUST A TAR ONE FOR
REPORTER QUESTIONS.
IF YOU'RE IN HERE RAISE YOUR 
HAND.
WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION 
HERE.
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU 
HAD THE SIGNAL FOR 30 SECONDS 
LONGER?
DOES IT MEAN THAT THE SPACECRAFT
WAS ABLE TO FIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE
FOR LONGER?
>> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF.
THE SPACECRAFT, WE DID COME IN A
LITTLE LATER THAN WE THOUGHT.
AND THAT JUST DIDN'T DELAY THE 
START OF IT.ELAYED THE
BUT WE THOUGHT THE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL WORLD 
EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.
SO TO BE WITHIN 13 SECONDS, FOR 
US, THAT'S A BIG THING.
>> OKAY.
OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORTER 
QUESTION HERE.
COMING RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
>>NK YOU.
CANU JUST CONFIRM WHAT THE 
ACTUAL TIMES WERE FOR THE 
ATMOSPHERE INSERTION AND LOSS OF
SIGNAL?
ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS
PROJECTED? >> 11:55:39 FOR THE  
SIGNAL, WHICH CAUSED THE 
TELEMETRY, AND11:55:36 FOR S.
LOSS OF SIGNAL. 
>> WE HAD PREDICTED, MUCH MY 
EMBARRASSMENT -- 
>> THAT'S UTC, ALSO.
>> WE CALLED 55:16.
AND WE LOST X BAND AT 55:39, AND
THAT ESSENTIALLY IS WHEN WE LOST
DATA.
SPACECRAFT, OF COURSE IS GOING 
AST AROUND FOR AT LEAST 
ANOTHER MINUTE.
AND OF COURSE THE S BAND DID GO 
LONGER.
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION 
FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> SURE.
THIS QUESTION IS FROM O 'RYAN.
I WOULD LIKE T KNOW IF THERE 
CONSIDERED. EAS BEING 
>> WE HADOTS OF DIFFERENT 
IDEAS.  WHAT REALLY CAME DO TO
IT, LET  GIVE YOU A FEW OF THE
DIFFERENT FLAVORS.  WE COULD 
HAFT THE SATURN SYSTEM ALL 
TOGETHER AND GONE TO JUPITER.
THOSE WERE VERY LONG MISSIONS, 
AND WE WOULDNOTHATTING 
ABOUT THEM AND PROBABLY OUR 
CHILDRENLD NOT BE CHATTING 
THEY'RE VERYNG.
THERE WERE SEVERAL OPTIONS.
THOSE WERE DISCARDED PRETTY MUCH
IMMEDIATELY.
BUT AS AN EXERCISE, COULD WE 
LEAVE THEMISSION?
STAYING WITH SATURN, WE COULD 
HAVE GONE -- IF WE STAY AT 
SATURN, CASSINI SPACECRAFT MUST 
BE PUT INTO A SAFE PLACE.
THE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES THAT 
REQUIRE US NOT TO LEAVE AN 
UNTENDED SPACECRAFT IN THE 
SYSTEM WHERE ITY COLLIDE WITH
ENCELADUS, WHICH WE KNOW IS RIPE
FOR ALL THE PARCLES FOR LIFE.
WE TO DISPOSE OF THE 
SPACECRAFT SOMEHOW.
THEN IT BECOMES, WHERE'S THE 
BEST SCIENCE?
IT'S INSIDE THE SATURN SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT WAY OUT AT THE EDGES.  
SO TEN YEARS AG WE BEGAN THE 
MISSION THAT PLAN TO USE EVERY 
LAST KILOGRAM OF OUR PROPELLANT 
AND FINISH UP EXACTLY THE WAY WE
DID.
VERY RISKY, SOOU DIDN'T WANT 
TO PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE, 
BECAUSE MAYBE THEY WOULD NOT 
COME BACK OUT.
THEY WERE NOT NEARLY AS RISKY AS
WE THOUGHT SO WE COUGH DONE A 
LOT MORESO THAT'S ALL 
HINDSIGHT.
BUT THIS WAS, BY FAR, THE BEST,
CASSINI GOINOUT AT THE VERY 
TOP OF ITS GAME, AND THE
SCIENTIFICALLY UNEXPLORED 
ENVIRONMENT.
>> GREAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORTER 
QUESTION IN THE ROOM.
>> STEVE FROM CBS NEWS.
I WANT TO ASK THE THREE OF YOU A
QUESTION THAT'S NOT REALLY 
CONCERNS THE DATA OR WHAT YOU 
DISCOVERED, BUT JUST THE HUMAN 
SIDE OF THIS MISSION, THIS 
SPACECRAFT, WE ALL KNOW THE 
STORY OF PINOCCHIO, THE WOODEN 
DOLL THAT BECOMES HUMAN.
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR 
HEART AND SOUL AS IT CAME TO THE
END.
WHAT DID CASSINI MEAN TO YOU?
DID IT HURT TODAY?
>> YES, YES IT DOES HURT.
WE'VE BN WITH  SPACE 
ON AND OFF.
I HAVEN BEEN ON THE MISSION 
THE ENTIRE TIME.
I HOPE -- I HELPED LAUNCH IT.
IT IS AN EXTENSION OF OURSELVES 
AND AN EXTENSIO
AND ALSO, WE ARE OUT AT SATURN.
EVERYAY WE GET A CALL BACK 
HOME.
YOU KNOW, THAT, OF COURSE, 
THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH THAT
THAT.
THERE'S AN ELEMEN OF TRUTH THAT
HAS BEEN OUR COMPANION AND OUR 
DUTY DUTIFUL SERVANT.
THERE'S A SENS OF PEAE WITH 
 BECAUSE WE' DONE EXACTLY
WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE CORRECT 
THING.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE POTPURRI.
YOU NAME IT. 
>> THERE'S A CORE OF SADDENS.
PART OF THE BREAK UP OF THE 
CASSINI FAMILY COMING INTO WORK 
MONDAY MORNING AND KNOWING THERE
WILL BE EMPTY OFFICES THERE, AND
THE PEOPLE I COULD JUST STOP BY 
D CHAT WITH.
 FEEL  TREMENDOUS   
PRIDE TO WORK ON THE MISSION 
OVER SO MANY DECADES AND SEE THE
FRUITION OF THI PARTICULAR 
MISSION.
PART OF THE SADNESS IS THINKING 
ABOUT CASSINI HAS REVEALED 
SATURN AS FAMILIAR AS OUR OWN 
NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT BE.
AND NOW FOR A TIME, UNTIL WE GO 
BACK THAT'S A DISTANT WORLD SO 
LONG.
TINY MOVES SNUGGLED IN SO CLOSE.
THOSE ARE ALL GONE UNTIL WE 
BACK. 
>> I THINK IT'S THE LOSS.
REALLY IN THE TRENCHES WORKING 
THIS ALL THE TIME.
A CORE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT YOU 
SEE EVERY DAY FOR EIGHT HOURS, 
PLUS, AND SOMETIMES A LOT LONGER
THAN THAT.
WE STEPPED ON THE CELESTIAL 
MECHANICS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE YOU
AS HOLIDAYS.
EVERY CHRISTMAS, EVERY 
THANKSGIVIN
MAYBE THEY WOULD BE GLAD NOT TO 
HAVE THE PAGER GO OFF IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT O IN THE 
MIDDLE OF DINNER SAYINGSORRY, I
 TO RU
GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
IT'S THE LOSS OF THAT 
CAMARADERIE.
I THINK FOR ME, I REALLY THOUGHT
I WAS GOING TO BE MORE SAD ABOUT
THE SPACECRAFT.
BUT YOU CAN'T -- I'M NOT.
THE SPACECRAFT DID EVERYTHING WE
ASKED IT TO DO.
EVERYTHING.
RIGHT UNTIL THE VERY END.
THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO FOR 
ANYBODY.
THAT'S ALL Y WANT FOR ANY 
HUMAN.
LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, A ROBOT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I THINK WE MESSED IT UP A 
LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT.
>> YEAH, I THINK TEARS AND 
APPLAUSE AT THE SAME TIME.
I HAD A PURPLE HANKIE THERE TO 
BE ABLE TO USE.  TEARS AND 
APPLAUSE.  
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE
PHONE.
 AHEAD.
>> I WONDER, COULD I ASK A 
QUESTION?
>> COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW, WE LOOKED
A HUBBLE, WE LOOK AT ALL OF 
THESE GREAT COLLABORATIVE 
MISSIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND EUROPE.
I WONDER WHAT IS THE PROSPECT OF
US EVER, FRANKLY, DOING THESE 
SORT OF GREAT COLLABORATIONS 
AGAIN.
WOULD TAKE SLIGHTLY MORE 
INDEPENDENT PATHS. 
>> WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ACTUALLY
HAVING COLLABORATED WITH NASA IN
THIS GREAT MISSION.
AND WE -- WE ARE CONVINC THIS 
 THE WAY TO GO.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO 
REALLY BE AMBITIOUS AND ACHIEVE 
MISSIONS LIKE THIS ONE.
THIS COULD BE IN DIFFERENT 
FIELDS.  WE HAVE NOW, WE HAVE 
MENT ANOTHER GREATSSION 
WHERE EUROPE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED 
WITH NASA.
WE HAVE -- A LITTLE BIT OF A 
CHANGE WHERE LED BY -- BUT NASA 
IS PARTICIPATING LIKE JUPITER.
AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO ALL
KINDS OF POSSIBILITIES. OW THE
MISS IS LED, HOW IT I PUT IN
PLACE, AND MAKING A SUCCESS.  SO
I'M REALLY MAKING SURE, BECAUSE 
WE HAVE -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING
YOU CAN SEE IN EUROPE AND IN THE
U.S.
OUR SCIENTISTS, THE SCIENTIFIC 
MMUNITY IS TOTALLY MIXED.
THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER 
ALREADY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE 
AGENCIES DO.
AND TY WORKTOGETHER.
D WE SERVIC OUR 
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO BACK TO 
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> SURE.
WHAT WAS THE MOST SURPRISING 
VIEW?
AND HAVE ANY OF YOU NAMED A 
CHILD OR PET AFTER CASSINI?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO.
>> NO. 
>> WE HAVE NAMED SOME OF THE 
FEATURES IN THE RINGS AFTER OUR 
PETS. 
>> TRUE.
LARRY RAISES A GOOD POINT.
>> I DO REMEMBER HEARING ONE OF 
THE ENGINEERS TELLING ME THAT HE
NAMED HIS DAUGHTER PHEOBE, AFTER
THE MOON. 
>> JASON IS ASKING WO YO 
FEEL IS THE MOST VALUABLE 
CONTRIBUTION OF THE CASSINI 
MISSION TO SCIENCE AND SPACE 
EXPLORATION?
>> PROBWO ANSWERS.  I 
DEFER THE SCIENCE QUESTION TO 
LINDA.  BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF 
SHOWING A PATH FORWARD IN SPA 
EXPLORATION, THE TECHNIQUES THAT
CASSINI HAS DEVELOPED IN ASTRO 
MECHANICS, MISSION DESIGN, AND 
 
IN MY EARLIER REMARKS, JUST 
BEING ABLE TO MANAGE AN 
EXTREMELY COMPLEX SYSTEM TO THE 
ULTIMATE OF ITS CAPABILITIES.
AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD THE 
IMPORTANCE OF A FLAGSHIP, A 
MISSION THAT HAS A FULL SUITE OF
INMENTS READY TO DEAL WITH 
WHATEVER IT FINDS.
SOMETHING THAT'S RDY TO DEAL 
WITH WHATEVER IT FINDS, AND THEN
GO BACK AGAIN.
AND WE HAVE STORIES OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN.
ONE INSTRUMENT HAS REVEALED 
SOMETHING AT SATURN OR ITS 
MOON
AND WE GET FROM A LITTLE 
SNIPPET, A FULL PICTURE OF THE 
ENTIRE THING.
SO THE VALUE OF FLAGSHIP, THE 
ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES AND 
MANAGEMENTECHNIQUES THAT HAVE 
BEEN EXPLORED, THINK LEAD 
US -- LEAD THE WAY. 
>> I WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE TO 
 THAT FULL TOOL BOF 
INSTVAILABLE TO FOLLOW 
UP ON THE UNEXPECTED 
DISCOVERIES.  I THINK ONE OF THE
BIGGEST LEGACIES IS THE FACT 
THAT WE NOW KNOW THERE ARE OC
WORLDS AROUND JUPITER BUT ALSO 
AROUND RN.
TITAN, SORT OF OPENING UP OUR 
VIEW OF WHERE COULD WE FIND LIFE
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
IT DOESN'T TO BE IN THAT 
NARROW ZONE, THE GOLDIE LOCKS 
ZONE.
THE IMLY OCCASION FOEXO 
PLANETS AS WELL. 
>> WE HA A COUPLE OF OTHER 
QUESTIONS.  THE GENTLEMAN IN THE
BACK THERE.
HOLD ON.
WAIT FOR THE MIC.
HERE IT COMES.
>> HI.
YOU HAD ON BOARD CASSINI 
SOMETHING THAT COULD, QUOTE 
UNQ.
WAS IT A H OR AN ABSOLUTE 
PLAN THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO 
UTILIZE THAT?
>> IT WITH US PLANNED TO USE 
THAT.
WE HAVE USED IT VERY 
SUCCESSFULLY FOR LOOKING IN THE 
GAS FROM THE PLUMES FROM 
ENCELADUS.
WE KNEW IT WOULD WORK AND WOULD 
INUE TO WORK.
WE WANTED TO KEEP GETTING DATA 
BACK AS LONG AS WE COULD.
>> LET ME JUST PILE IT UP A 
SE.  WE LAUNCHED MASS 
SPECTROMETER WAS GING TO BE 
USED FOR TITAN. 
>> RIGHT.
THAT'SIT.
>> WITHOUT ENCELADUS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE 
WERE ABLE TO FIND THESE 
MYSTERIES OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS 
AND USE MASSSPEC IN A DIFFERENT
.
>> THATIND OF MY QUESTION.
YOU'RE BUILDING INTO THESE 
MISSIONS SIR WREN DIPT, WITH 
THE ANTICIPATION THAT IT COULD 
MAYBE GO IN ANOTHERWAY. 
>> ABSOLUTEL
EVEN VERY TACTICAL MISSION
WITH A SINGLE OBJECTIVE, SINGLE 
INSTRUMENT STILL HAS GOT TO BE  
 THE SURPRISES.  IF YOU SEE 
SOMETHING WITH AN INSTRUMENT, 
THEN THE ENTIRE SPACECRA COULD
BE BROUGHT ON TO IT AND 
REVEAL -- I DON'T HAVE THE TIME 
TO GO INTO THE STORY, B 
MANY INSTRUMET TOOK TO 
REVEAL THAT ENTIRE STORY,HE 
ENTIRE SPACECRAFT. 
>> I THINK IT TOOK EVERY 
INSTRUMENT ON THE SPACECRAFT 
WORKING TOGETHER TO REVEAL WHAT 
WE KNOW TODAY ABOUT ENCELADUS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE. 
>ER QUESTIONS INTHE ROOM.
THE GENTLEMAN HERE IN THE FRONT.
>> HI.
I'M HERE WITH THE NASA SOCIAL.
A LOT OF THE PICTURES FROM 
CASSINI WERE UPLOADED ONLINE IN 
REALME, THE RAW IMAGES, AND 
WERE TAKEN BY AMATEURS AND 
PEOPLE ONLINE AND STITCHED 
TOGETHER AND ALMOST FINISHED 
BEFORE THE SCIENTISTS GOT A 
CHANCE TO DO SO.
I WON THAT WAS AN EXPECTED
OUTCOME, ANDF THAT IMPACTS THE
WAY AND THE DECISIONS MADE 
DURING THE MISSION AND PERHAPS 
FUTURE MISSIONS FOR SUCH IMAGES?
>> WE LOVE IT.  WE LOVE THE 
AMATEURS TO GET OUT HERE.
WE LE IT.
WE WANT TO INVOLVE THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> THERE'S A SMALL COMMUNITY 
THAT'S BEEN DOING THI TOS FOR
YEARS.  WEON'T EVEN TRY TO GET
AHEAD OF IT.
GET THE IMAGES OUT.
IT WAS A DECISION FROM NASA A 
LONG TIME AGO.
AS SOON AS THEY'RE ON THE 
GROUND, EVERYDY GETS TO SEE 
THEM, AND DO WHAT YOU WILL.
WE'VE GOT GREAT GRAPHICS FOLKS, 
THEY'REAN OU 
SOMETIMES. 
>> I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT 
THAT. 
>> THEY'RE FASTER THAN OURS.  
>> PRESS BRIEFING INCLUDING 
LAST WONDERFUL IMAGES THAT LINDA
SHOWED EARLIER.  WE'RE GOING TO 
ADD ADDIT SATURN IMAGERY ON
TO THE FEED.  YOU EVERYONE
FOR HELPING US SAY GOOD-BYE TO 
CASSINI AND TO SATURN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
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