The Planetarium
After we toured the Watson-Curtze Mansion, we went next door to the Planetarium. It's not a big place but it's packed with displays and information. The program they were showing was Ring World and it was about, in their words, Saturn, Lord of the Rings.
In January the Cassini Huygens spacecraft will be sending back to us more information than we've ever known before about the planet Saturn. The Cassini part of the spacecraft will remain in orbit around the planet and the part named Huygens will be activated to leave the craft and make a descent to pick up more information about the planet. This should be an exciting report.
It's so hard for me to grasp the concept of the vastness of space and how far away Saturn really is.
If you want to read more about this spacecraft which has been on its mission for many months and has recently begun its mission to explore Saturn, here is the link.
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