A section of my departent has an instrument on Cassini (a magnetic-field detector), so everyone was celebrating come thursday.
They began work in 1990. And now they have the coming 6 years or so to receive data; data which will likely take another six years to fully analyze... 26 years of those people's lifes, and all for the benefit of increasing the knowledge of mankind. That's dedication.
Cheers to them! They deserve it.
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SlimJim
