1 00:00:09,175 --> 00:00:12,679 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO NASA'S 2 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:16,750 JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IN 3 00:00:16,816 --> 00:00:17,684 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. 4 00:00:17,751 --> 00:00:19,619 I'M GOING TO BE THE MODERATOR 5 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,922 TODAY FOR OUR WRAP-UP NEWS 6 00:00:22,989 --> 00:00:27,761 BRIEFING FOR THE CASSINI MISSION 7 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:31,364 TO SATURN. 8 00:00:31,431 --> 00:00:40,140 WE BID FAREWELL TO THE CASSINI 9 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:40,540 SPACECRAFT. 10 00:00:40,607 --> 00:00:42,308 WE HAVE KEY TEAM MEMBERS WITH US 11 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:43,510 TODAY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. 12 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:45,078 WE HAVE REPORTERS ON THE PHONE, 13 00:00:45,145 --> 00:00:47,280 SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU 14 00:00:47,347 --> 00:00:49,048 SHOULD PRESS STAR ONE ON YOUR 15 00:00:49,115 --> 00:00:49,449 TELEPHONE. 16 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:52,452 WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TRACKING 17 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:54,454 QUESTIONS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, AND 18 00:00:54,521 --> 00:00:58,658 YOU CAN USE THE HASHTAG 19 00:00:58,725 --> 00:01:00,126 HASHTAG #ASKNASA. 20 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:04,264 I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU 21 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:04,764 MICHAEL WATKINS. 22 00:01:04,831 --> 00:01:14,674 [ APPLAUSE ] 23 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:18,745 >> THANK YOU, AND WELCOME TO 24 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:20,480 JPL. 25 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:24,217 JPL DESIGNED, BUILT, AND 26 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:27,554 OPERATED THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT 27 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:27,921 FOR NASA. 28 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:29,689 AS YOU HEARD, IT TRANSMITTED ITS 29 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:31,791 FINAL SIGNALS FROM SATURN AND 30 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:35,261 THEN BECAME PART OF THE PLANET 31 00:01:35,328 --> 00:01:39,199 THAT IT HAD BEEN STUDYING FOR 32 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:40,900 SEVEN YEARS. CONTINUING THE 33 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:42,202 LEGEND OF CASSINI, IT TURNED 34 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,337 THAT EVENT INTO AN EVENT OF 35 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:44,637 HOPE. 36 00:01:44,704 --> 00:01:46,673 NOT AN END, BUT REALLY A 37 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:47,040 BEGINNING. 38 00:01:47,106 --> 00:01:50,276 AND THE DISCOVERIES THAT CASSINI 39 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:52,345 HAS MADE OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS 40 00:01:52,412 --> 00:01:54,914 IN ORBIT HAVE REWRITEN THE 41 00:01:54,981 --> 00:01:56,883 TEXTBOOKS OF SATURN, HAVE 42 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,952 DISCOVERED WORLDS THAT COULD BE 43 00:01:59,018 --> 00:02:00,086 HABITABLE, AND CAN GUARANTEE 44 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:01,855 THAT WE WILL RETURN TO THAT 45 00:02:01,921 --> 00:02:02,388 RINGED WORLD. 46 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:04,324 SO THE FANTASTIC DISCOVERIES 47 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:06,259 THAT CONTINUE TO BE MADE WITH 48 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:09,195 THE LAST SET OF RING-CROSSING 49 00:02:09,262 --> 00:02:11,397 ORBITS IN THE GRAND FINALE OF 50 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:13,233 CASSINI HASN'T REALLY EVEN BEEN 51 00:02:13,299 --> 00:02:14,334 STUDIED YET. 52 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:20,139 THE LAST FEW SECONDS OF THE 53 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:20,840 CASSINI MISSION ARE OUR FIRST 54 00:02:20,907 --> 00:02:29,249 TASTE OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF 55 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:29,582 SATURN. 56 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:30,316 EVEN THE LAST FEW SECONDS, 57 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:32,352 CASSINI MANAGED TO CONTINUE ITS 58 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:34,687 REWRITING OF THE TEXTBOOKS AND 59 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:35,522 ITS LEGEND. 60 00:02:35,588 --> 00:02:37,457 AND TO TALK MORE ABOUT CASSINI 61 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:39,559 AND ABOUT THE PROGRAM, I'D LIKE 62 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:44,964 TO INTRODUCE THE HEAD OF THE 63 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:45,632 SCIENCE DIRECTIVE AT NASA. 64 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:56,609 [ APPLAUSE ] 65 00:02:56,676 --> 00:03:01,548 >> WE'RE HERE WITH A MAGNIFICENT 66 00:03:01,614 --> 00:03:03,449 MISSION THAT HAD AN AMAZING END. 67 00:03:03,516 --> 00:03:05,552 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PULL 68 00:03:05,618 --> 00:03:07,153 UP THE FIRST PICTURE. 69 00:03:07,220 --> 00:03:11,057 THERE IT IS! ONE OF THE MOST 70 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:14,761 BEAUTIFUL PLANETS WE CAN 71 00:03:14,827 --> 00:03:15,128 IMAGINE. 72 00:03:15,194 --> 00:03:18,031 IT BORDERS ON SCI-FI FROM TIME 73 00:03:18,097 --> 00:03:18,431 TO TIME. 74 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:22,201 WE LOOK AT THE IMAGES, AND WE 75 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:23,002 WONDER, WOW, IS THAT REALLY HOW 76 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:23,503 NATURE IS? 77 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:24,437 AND YES IT IS. 78 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:25,772 NATURE IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. 79 00:03:25,838 --> 00:03:27,740 THIS IMAGE, OF COURSE, TAKEN 80 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:32,011 ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO, SHOWS THE 81 00:03:32,078 --> 00:03:35,081 AMAZING PLANET, THE RESEARCH 82 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:36,749 THAT THIS SPACECRAFT HAD. 83 00:03:36,816 --> 00:03:39,118 THIS IS CASSINI. 84 00:03:39,185 --> 00:03:41,154 NEXT PICTURE. 85 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:44,157 THIS IS ALSO CASSINI. 86 00:03:44,223 --> 00:03:45,358 [ APPLAUSE ] 87 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:51,331 THIS IS CASSINI. 88 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:53,066 A DIVERSE SET OF PEOPLE FROM ALL 89 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:53,833 WALKS OF LIFE. 90 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:56,502 YOU SEE AT THE TOP THERE, THE 91 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:57,670 SCIENCE TEAM AT THEIR LAST 92 00:03:57,737 --> 00:04:00,039 MEETING JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, 93 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:02,742 WAVING AT THE CAMERA AND REALLY 94 00:04:02,809 --> 00:04:03,776 CELEBRATING WHAT THEY'RE 95 00:04:03,843 --> 00:04:06,379 LEARNING AND RECOGNIZING THAT 96 00:04:06,446 --> 00:04:07,680 THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR DONE. 97 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:10,083 SCIENCE WILL GO ON AND MORE 98 00:04:10,149 --> 00:04:11,117 DISCOVERIES WILL BE MADE WITH 99 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:14,487 THE DATA, NOT JUST FROM THE LAST 100 00:04:14,554 --> 00:04:16,089 BIT, BUT THE LAST MONTHS. 101 00:04:16,155 --> 00:04:17,991 YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, MANY 102 00:04:18,057 --> 00:04:19,626 MEMBERS OF THE ENGINEERING TEAM, 103 00:04:19,692 --> 00:04:21,394 WHICH ARE A REALLY IMPORTANT 104 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:22,862 PART OF THIS AS WELL, TOGETHER 105 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:26,833 AS WE ADDED THEM UP, CLOSE TO 106 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:27,900 5,000 OR SO, YOU KNOW, 107 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:30,603 INDIVIDUALS, PUTTING THEIR HEART 108 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:32,505 AND SOUL INTO THIS MAGNIFICENT 109 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:32,839 MISSION. 110 00:04:32,905 --> 00:04:33,573 THIS IS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 111 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:33,906 CASSINI. 112 00:04:33,973 --> 00:04:41,080 [ APPLAUSE ] 113 00:04:41,147 --> 00:04:44,083 WHAT YOU DON'T SEE THERE IS THAT 114 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:45,985 THESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTATIVE 115 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:49,889 OF 26 COUNTRIES OR SO, AND OF 116 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:53,726 COURSE, YOU KNOW AT THAT -- THE 117 00:04:53,793 --> 00:04:56,362 ENTIRE MISSION INVOLVED THREE 118 00:04:56,429 --> 00:04:56,863 SPACE AGENCIES. 119 00:04:56,929 --> 00:05:00,733 I JUST REALLY WANT TO CALL OUT 120 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,501 MY COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS FROM 121 00:05:01,567 --> 00:05:03,636 OUR SISTER AGENCIES, AND I WANT 122 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:04,837 TO WELCOME YOU HERE AND THANK 123 00:05:04,904 --> 00:05:07,674 YOU FOR COMING HERE. 124 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:08,675 YOU'RE HERE. 125 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:10,943 THE DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE, MY 126 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:12,211 COUNTER PART AT THE EUROPEAN 127 00:05:12,278 --> 00:05:12,645 SPACE AGENCY. 128 00:05:12,712 --> 00:05:13,112 THANKS SO MUCH. 129 00:05:13,179 --> 00:05:21,187 [ APPLAUSE ] 130 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:25,725 AND ROBERTO, THE PRESIDENT FROM 131 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:27,627 ITALY, AND A REALLY IMPORTANT 132 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:28,161 PART OF THIS DESIGN. 133 00:05:28,227 --> 00:05:28,628 THANKS SO MUCH. 134 00:05:28,695 --> 00:05:38,604 [ APPLAUSE ] 135 00:05:38,671 --> 00:05:42,208 I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT OF 136 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:44,143 ITALIAN IN SWITZERLAND. 137 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:45,978 THE REST I FORGOT. 138 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:48,581 FOR PA YEARS, YOU ALL HAVE COME 139 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:50,516 TOGETHER AND WORKED TO SHED 140 00:05:50,583 --> 00:05:51,851 LIGHT ON THIS MOST MAGNIFICENT 141 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:54,921 WORK, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE 142 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:57,523 WORKS OF FORMER GOVERNOR HERE, 143 00:05:57,590 --> 00:06:00,393 WE WILL BE BACK. 144 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:03,129 THANKS TO CASSINI, THAT WE KNOW 145 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:05,932 TO BE A WORLD THAT HAS SO MANY 146 00:06:05,998 --> 00:06:08,668 FACETS TO IT, AND MANY FACETS 147 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:10,770 ACTUALLY WE DID NOT EXPECT. 148 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:13,072 WITH TODAY'S END OF THIS 149 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:17,143 MISSION, WE NOW KNOW THE 150 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:21,647 PLANET'S MOON WILL REMAIN 151 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:22,749 PRISTINE. WE PROTECTED SCIENCE 152 00:06:22,815 --> 00:06:24,884 TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE, AND WE 153 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:26,819 CAN AND WILL OVER TIME FIND WAYS 154 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,221 TO GO BACK TO THESE MOONS AND 155 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:29,789 EXPLORE THEM. 156 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:31,924 THE QUESTIONS THERE HAVE MADE US 157 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:34,060 ASK, KEEP US UP AT NIGHT. 158 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:35,962 QUESTIONS THAT ARE SO DEEP, SO 159 00:06:36,028 --> 00:06:38,698 SIMPLE THAT EVERY ONE OF US CAN 160 00:06:38,765 --> 00:06:39,465 UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT WE 161 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:42,235 HAVE THE PHD OR SOME KIND OF 162 00:06:42,301 --> 00:06:44,203 STEM EDUCATION. 163 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:47,240 QUESTIONS THAT ARE AT THE HEART 164 00:06:47,306 --> 00:06:51,644 OF THE POPULAS OF HUMANITY AS A 165 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:57,416 WHOLE. 166 00:06:57,483 --> 00:06:59,719 MY SHOUTOUT TO THE TEAM. 167 00:06:59,786 --> 00:07:00,787 WHAT WILL STICK WITH ME ABOUT 168 00:07:00,853 --> 00:07:04,390 CASSINI IS THE TEAM IN THAT ROOM 169 00:07:04,457 --> 00:07:07,560 WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE UNTIL 170 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:10,029 THE VERY END OF THIS MAGNIFICENT 171 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,198 MISSION. 172 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:26,245 CONGRATS TO THE CASSINI TEAM. 173 00:07:26,312 --> 00:07:27,647 >> THANK YOU. 174 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:30,116 NOWLY INTRODUCE OUR PANELISTS. 175 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:33,352 FIRST IS THE CASSINI PROGRAM 176 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:37,557 MANAGER. 177 00:07:37,623 --> 00:07:39,258 NEXT WE HAVE LINDA, THE CASSINI 178 00:07:39,325 --> 00:07:39,759 PROJECT SCIENTIST. 179 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:45,865 [ APPLAUSE ] 180 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:48,935 NEXT TO HER WE HAVE JULIE 181 00:07:49,001 --> 00:07:49,669 WEBSTER, THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT 182 00:07:49,735 --> 00:07:50,203 OPERATIONS MANAGER. 183 00:07:50,269 --> 00:07:57,210 [ APPLAUSE ] 184 00:07:57,276 --> 00:07:59,946 SO I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO 185 00:08:00,012 --> 00:08:00,246 EARL. 186 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,681 >> THANKS. 187 00:08:01,747 --> 00:08:03,449 MAYBE WE COULD JUST RECREATE THE 188 00:08:03,516 --> 00:08:07,420 LAST FEW MOMENTS IN THE MSA. 189 00:08:07,486 --> 00:08:10,523 >> ARE YOU CRYING? 190 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:16,596 >> WE ARE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. 191 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:21,534 >> WE HAVE LOSS OF SIGNAL. 192 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:24,770 >> PROJECT MANAGER, FLIGHT 193 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:25,137 DIRECTOR. 194 00:08:25,204 --> 00:08:25,605 >> GO AHEAD. 195 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:30,009 >> WE CALL LOSS OF SIGNAL AT 196 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:30,376 11:55:46. 197 00:08:30,443 --> 00:08:35,348 >> PROJECT MANAGER ON FSO COORD? 198 00:08:35,414 --> 00:08:37,283 >> MAYBE A TRICKLE LEFT, BUT 199 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:39,719 JUST HEARD THE SIGNAL FROM THE 200 00:08:39,785 --> 00:08:40,987 SPACECRAFT IS GONE AND WITHIN 201 00:08:41,053 --> 00:08:42,922 THE NEXT 45 SECONDS, SO WILL BE 202 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:44,724 THE SPACECRAFT. 203 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:47,360 I HOPE YOU'RE ALL AS DEEPLY 204 00:08:47,426 --> 00:08:49,662 PROUD OF THIS AMAZING 205 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:50,630 ACCOMPLISHMENT. 206 00:08:50,696 --> 00:08:52,498 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 207 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:54,533 THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE 208 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,302 MISSION, INCREDIBLE SPACECRAFT, 209 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,204 AND YOU'RE ALL AN INCREDIBLE 210 00:08:58,271 --> 00:08:58,804 TEAM. 211 00:08:58,871 --> 00:09:00,973 I'M GOING TO CALL THIS THE END 212 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,608 OF MISSION. 213 00:09:02,675 --> 00:09:03,276 PROJECT MANAGER OFF THE NET. 214 00:09:03,342 --> 00:09:16,055 [ APPLAUSE ] 215 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:18,057 >> THERE ARE TIMES IN THIS WORLD 216 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:21,827 WHEN THINGS JUST LINE UP, WHEN 217 00:09:21,894 --> 00:09:24,096 EVERYTHING IS JUST ABOUT 218 00:09:24,163 --> 00:09:24,430 PERFECT. 219 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:27,633 A CHILD'S LAUGH, A DESERT 220 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:29,302 SUNSET, AND THIS MORNING. 221 00:09:29,368 --> 00:09:32,171 IT JUST COULDN'T HAVE BEEN 222 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:32,505 BETTER. 223 00:09:32,571 --> 00:09:34,273 AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 224 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:36,842 MOMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING 225 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:39,912 FOR THIS ENTIRE SEVEN YEARS, 226 00:09:39,979 --> 00:09:41,447 EVERYTHING LINED UP JUST RIGHT. 227 00:09:41,514 --> 00:09:43,816 YOU CAN STEP BACK AND SAY THE 228 00:09:43,883 --> 00:09:46,886 SAME THING ABOUT THE CASSINI 229 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:47,219 MISSION. 230 00:09:47,286 --> 00:09:48,654 A SUPERB MACHINE DOING 231 00:09:48,721 --> 00:09:49,956 EVERYTHING WE COULD DO TO REVEAL 232 00:09:50,022 --> 00:09:52,758 THE MYSTERIES AND SECRETS OF OUR 233 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:54,126 SOLAR SYSTEM. 234 00:09:54,193 --> 00:09:56,963 THIS MORNING, A MACHINE MADE BY 235 00:09:57,029 --> 00:10:00,166 HUMAN KIND FINISHED ITS MISSION 236 00:10:00,232 --> 00:10:02,568 900 MILLION MILES AWAY. 237 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:05,037 A MERE OBSERVER WOULDN'T KNOW 238 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:07,206 UNTIL 84 MINUTES LATER THAT 239 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:08,074 CASSINI WAS GONE. 240 00:10:08,140 --> 00:10:11,711 TO THE END, THE SPACECRAFT DID 241 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:19,251 EVERYTHING WE ASKED. 242 00:10:19,318 --> 00:10:21,087 GROUND SYSTEMS SUPPORT WAS SUE 243 00:10:21,153 --> 00:10:22,688 SUPERB, AND WE BELIEVE WE GOT 244 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:23,990 EVERY LAST BIT OF DATA. 245 00:10:24,056 --> 00:10:26,792 WE HAVE, INDEED, ACCOMPLISHED 246 00:10:26,859 --> 00:10:28,861 EXACTLY WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO. 247 00:10:28,928 --> 00:10:31,330 COMPLETE THIS MISSION WITH A 248 00:10:31,397 --> 00:10:34,166 SATURN PROBE. 249 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:35,735 MAYBE JUST A LITTLE ABOUT THE 250 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:48,547 LEGACY OF THIS MISSION. 251 00:10:48,614 --> 00:10:50,383 EUROPA AND THE INSTRUMENTS THAT 252 00:10:50,449 --> 00:10:52,184 WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR CASSINI, 253 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:55,421 30 YEARS LATER, ALMOST, WILL BE 254 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:56,622 THAT MUCH BETTER AND 255 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:59,592 SOPHISTICATED TO THE 256 00:10:59,658 --> 00:11:05,164 ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE'RE IN. 257 00:11:05,231 --> 00:11:07,767 THIS COLLABORATION WILL BE A 258 00:11:07,833 --> 00:11:11,070 HALLMARK FOR FUTURE MISSIONS. 259 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:12,938 CASSINI PRESENTED A UNIQUE SET 260 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:14,907 OF CHALLENGES. OF COURSE, 261 00:11:14,974 --> 00:11:17,076 THERE'S THE EVER LASTING TENSION 262 00:11:17,143 --> 00:11:20,279 BETWEEN SCIENCE GOALS AND 263 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,048 ENGINEERING CONSERVATISM. 264 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:25,351 BUT ALSO, THE SCIENTISTS IN 265 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:26,352 CONTENTION WITH EACH OTHER. 266 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:29,088 AND WITH THE ENGINEERS. 267 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:32,458 AND THE MIX OF THIS AS AN 268 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:36,629 EXPERIMENT IN SOCIOLOGY WAS AN 269 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:37,163 ASTONISHING SUCCESS. 270 00:11:37,229 --> 00:11:38,364 I BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE 271 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:42,068 MISSIONS ARE ULTIMATELY LEARNING 272 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:47,706 HOW TO COOPERATE AND GET THE 273 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:48,340 BEST FROM THEIR MISSIONS. 274 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:50,943 AS YOU JUST SAW A LITTLE WHILE 275 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,446 AGO, TURNED IT INTO AN 276 00:11:53,512 --> 00:11:55,915 ATMOSPHERIC PROBE. EVERY PIECE 277 00:11:55,981 --> 00:11:57,917 OF IT HAS BEEN USED FOR THE 278 00:11:57,983 --> 00:12:00,252 BENEFIT OF EXPLORATION. 279 00:12:00,319 --> 00:12:02,021 I'VE GOT TO THANK THE MANY 280 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:03,789 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 281 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:08,427 WE HAD TWO SPACE AGENCIES, 17 282 00:12:08,494 --> 00:12:10,096 NATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE 283 00:12:10,162 --> 00:12:11,497 LAUNCH, THE HARDWARE OF THE 284 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:11,897 MISSION. 285 00:12:11,964 --> 00:12:14,967 HUNDREDS OF CONTRACTORS, 286 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:15,968 THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN 287 00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:19,338 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. WE HAD 288 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:20,306 TO REACH ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 289 00:12:20,372 --> 00:12:23,375 EARLY '80s FOR THE FOLKS WHO DID 290 00:12:23,442 --> 00:12:25,411 THE THANKLESS COST EXERCISES 291 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:27,346 OVER AND OVER AGAIN ALL THE WAY 292 00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:29,482 TO THE PEOPLE WHO SENT THE VERY 293 00:12:29,548 --> 00:12:30,483 FINAL COMMANDS. 294 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:30,916 THANK YOU. 295 00:12:30,983 --> 00:12:37,223 AND THE GRATITUDE, I BELIEVE, OF 296 00:12:37,289 --> 00:12:37,990 THE WORLD IS SHOULD BE BESTOWED 297 00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:40,559 BONN YOU FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS 298 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:40,926 MISSION. 299 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:42,461 WE ALSO NEED TO THANK OUR MANY 300 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:43,696 MILLIONS OF FANS. 301 00:12:43,762 --> 00:12:45,698 THE HEARTWARMING BUZZ THAT WE'VE 302 00:12:45,764 --> 00:12:49,468 GOTTEN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, FROM 303 00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:55,841 EDUCATION OF REGIONS, THE MEDIA 304 00:12:55,908 --> 00:12:58,177 HAS JUST BEEN GREAT TELLING 305 00:12:58,244 --> 00:12:59,879 CASSINI'S STORY, INSPIRING THE 306 00:12:59,945 --> 00:13:03,949 NEXT SET OF EXPLORERS IS JUST 307 00:13:04,016 --> 00:13:07,153 ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO US AND 308 00:13:07,219 --> 00:13:07,920 THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS WE'VE 309 00:13:07,987 --> 00:13:08,220 FOUND. 310 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:10,489 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 311 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:13,893 THE CASSINI MISSION ENDED THIS 312 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:16,095 MORNING, IN THE CLOUDS OF 313 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:16,462 SATURN. 314 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:19,698 THE SPACECRAFT IS GONE. 315 00:13:19,765 --> 00:13:27,406 THANKS AND FAREWELL, FATEFUL 316 00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:27,773 EXPLORER. 317 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:28,507 BUT THE LEGACY OF CASSINI AS 318 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:28,974 JUST BEGUN. 319 00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:30,843 IT WILL GO ON FOR DECADES. 320 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:31,477 THANK YOU, AND LONG LIVE 321 00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:31,810 CASSINI. 322 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:46,559 [ APPLAUSE ] 323 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:47,693 >> ALL RIGHT. 324 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:53,499 NEXT UP WEAVE JULIE WEBSTER. 325 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:54,033 >> OKAY. 326 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:56,969 THANK YOU. 327 00:13:57,036 --> 00:13:59,438 I ALMOST HAVE NO WORDS. I WAS 328 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:00,673 SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE CHRONOLOGY. 329 00:14:00,739 --> 00:14:03,842 I HAVE BEEN ON THIS MISSION 330 00:14:03,909 --> 00:14:06,812 SINCE IT WAS BUILT. 331 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:11,450 AND AS I GAVE SEVERAL INTERVIEWS 332 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:12,985 YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE PRIVILEGE 333 00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:18,357 FEW THAT ACTUALLY SAT INSIDE THE 334 00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:20,693 SPACECRAFT BEFORE IT LEFT. 335 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:27,566 MY LAST IMAGE WAS INSIDE OF THE 336 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:30,169 PARTS AND THE WIRING. 337 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:33,372 WE HAD -- WE'VE HAD 13 YEARS AT 338 00:14:33,439 --> 00:14:36,542 SATURN, BUT 20 YEARS OF AN 339 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:39,745 INCREDIBLE SPACECRAFT THAT WAS 340 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:42,047 DESIGNED BY PEOPLE, AND I CAN'T 341 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:43,782 EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH, THAT HAD 342 00:14:43,849 --> 00:14:45,150 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 343 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:46,885 WHEN THEY DESIGNED IT, THEY TOOK 344 00:14:46,952 --> 00:14:52,324 ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 345 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:57,229 VOYAGERS AND GALILEOS AND 346 00:14:57,296 --> 00:15:00,266 MAGELLONS AND MARS OBSERVER. 347 00:15:00,332 --> 00:15:03,802 AND BUILD A PERFECT SPACECRAFT. 348 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:05,671 YOU KNOW? 349 00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:08,374 RIGHT TO THE LAST END. 350 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,343 THE WHOLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IN 351 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:12,745 THE SPACECRAFT RAN AT ONE 352 00:15:12,811 --> 00:15:13,445 TEMPERATURE. 353 00:15:13,512 --> 00:15:16,448 IT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. 354 00:15:16,515 --> 00:15:19,285 AND THAT SPEAKS TO ALL THE 355 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:22,421 INDIVIDUAL ENGINEERS THAT BUILT 356 00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:25,457 THE SPACECRAFT TO LAST. 357 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:27,593 THE MISSIONS MANNING TEAM AND 358 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:28,961 THE NAVIGATION TEAM THAT 359 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:31,430 DESIGNED THE TRAJECTORY TO GET 360 00:15:31,497 --> 00:15:32,798 THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR 361 00:15:32,865 --> 00:15:35,734 THE SCIENTISTS, AND MISSION 362 00:15:35,801 --> 00:15:36,869 PLANNERS GOING BACK AND FORTH 363 00:15:36,935 --> 00:15:39,605 WITH THE SCIENTISTS, YOU KNOW, 364 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:41,407 LIKE SEVEN DIFFERENT 365 00:15:41,473 --> 00:15:42,608 TRAJECTORIES CHOSEN AT THIS 366 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:42,908 POINT. 367 00:15:42,975 --> 00:15:44,677 AND I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE 368 00:15:44,743 --> 00:15:49,148 ALL SCIENTISTS EQUALLY UNHAPPY. 369 00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:49,548 [ LAUGHTER ] 370 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:51,684 AND THE GOAL FOR OUR TEAM, MY 371 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:52,751 TEAM, AND THE NAVIGATION TEAM 372 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:54,119 WAS TO MAKE IT LAST. 373 00:15:54,186 --> 00:15:57,156 AND I THINK YOU SAW THIS MORNING 374 00:15:57,222 --> 00:15:58,357 THAT WE DID. 375 00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:02,428 WE GOT ACTUALLY ALMOST 30 376 00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:04,930 SECONDS LONGER THAN WE 377 00:16:04,997 --> 00:16:05,297 PRODICTED. 378 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:06,432 IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT TO ME 379 00:16:06,498 --> 00:16:08,067 BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE FLASH OF 380 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:09,101 AN EYE. 381 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:11,437 ALL NIGHT LONG, THE MINUTES 382 00:16:11,503 --> 00:16:12,538 SEEMED LIKE A LONG TIME. 383 00:16:12,604 --> 00:16:17,609 ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WAS OVER. 384 00:16:17,676 --> 00:16:20,179 CASSINI AS A SPACECRAFT COULD 385 00:16:20,245 --> 00:16:21,547 HAVE GONE ON A LONG TIME. 386 00:16:21,613 --> 00:16:24,116 BUT IT ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION 387 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:24,750 AT SATURN. 388 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:26,118 WE DID EVERYTHING THAT THE 389 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:30,389 SCIENTISTS ASKED US TO DO, AND 390 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:33,926 DURING THAT TIME WE TRAVELED 4.9 391 00:16:33,992 --> 00:16:39,431 BILLION MILES. WE DID 292 AND A 392 00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:42,935 HALF, 293 UNIQUE ORBITS AROUND 393 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:45,637 SATURN SHAPED BY THE NAVIGATION 394 00:16:45,704 --> 00:16:48,741 AND SPACECRAFT TEAM, POINT HERE 395 00:16:48,807 --> 00:16:52,144 AND GO CHANGE YOUR SPEED THIS 396 00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:53,212 WAY. 397 00:16:53,278 --> 00:16:56,982 THE SPACECRAFT PERFORMING 398 00:16:57,049 --> 00:16:57,383 FLAWLESSLY. 399 00:16:57,449 --> 00:17:02,254 WE DID 360 BURNS. WE PLANNED 400 00:17:02,321 --> 00:17:02,521 472. 401 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:05,357 WE EXECUTED 360, A LITTLE MORE 402 00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:08,594 THAN HALF OF THOSE ON THE MAIN 403 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:08,927 ENGINE. 404 00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:14,900 THE OTHER HALF ON THE OTHER PART 405 00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:15,200 PART. 406 00:17:15,267 --> 00:17:16,802 YOU KNOW, THE LAST 22 -- THE 407 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:20,572 LAST 21 WEEKS, SINCE APRIL, I 408 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:23,809 WAS A LOT MORE NERVOUS IN APRIL 409 00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:25,811 WHEN WE DOVE THROUGH THE FIRST 410 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:26,111 TIME. 411 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:27,579 I COULD BARELY SPEAK. 412 00:17:27,646 --> 00:17:29,248 I COULD BARELY BREATHE, WHEN WE 413 00:17:29,314 --> 00:17:31,116 WERE WAITING FOR THAT SIGNAL TO 414 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:34,219 SAY THAT WE GOT THROUGH INSIDE 415 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:35,721 THE RINGS. 416 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:38,757 AND THIS LAST TIME, I HAD NO 417 00:17:38,824 --> 00:17:42,361 WORDS BECAUSE IT DID EXACTLY 418 00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:43,862 WHAT IT SAID IT WAS SUPPOSED TO 419 00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:44,129 DO. 420 00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:44,997 >> EVEN BETTER. 421 00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:47,399 >> EVEN BETTER, AS IT ALWAYS 422 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:49,902 DID, AS IT ALWAYS DID. 423 00:17:49,968 --> 00:17:52,037 I CAN'T -- AT RADIO SCIENCE, 424 00:17:52,104 --> 00:17:55,174 MADE THE CALL FOR THE END OF 425 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,377 MISSION, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU 426 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:01,747 GUYS, RADIO SCIENCE DOES -- THEY 427 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:04,917 DO THESE 30 HOUR LONG DAYS, AND 428 00:18:04,983 --> 00:18:08,587 I SEE THEM STAY IN DAY AFTER DAY 429 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:09,755 AFTER DAY. 430 00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:11,990 DOCTORS WOULD REFER TO THE FACT 431 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:13,125 THAT CASSINI WILL HAVE QUESTIONS 432 00:18:13,192 --> 00:18:14,793 FOR THE SCIENTISTS THAT WILL 433 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:17,162 KEEP THEM UP AT NIGHT. 434 00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:20,466 WELL, I NO LONGER HAVE A 435 00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:22,701 SPACECRAFT TO KEEP ME UP AT 436 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:23,101 NIGHT. 437 00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:26,805 AND I THINK AFTER A FEW DAYS, I 438 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:31,343 THINK I'M GOING TO MISS THAT. 439 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:33,345 DON'T ASK ME TOMORROW IF I'M 440 00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:35,113 READY TO BUILD ANOTHER ONE, BUT 441 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:38,750 YOU CAN ASK ME NEXT MONTH. 442 00:18:38,817 --> 00:18:42,554 [ LAUGHTER ] 443 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:45,624 WE'VE GOT THREE YEARS OF TEST 444 00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:48,660 LABS AND FLIGHT HARDWARE AND 445 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:52,364 SUPPORT HARDWARE AND A POOL OF 446 00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:56,201 150 PEOPLE TO DISPERSE AND BREAK 447 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:56,502 DOWN. 448 00:18:56,568 --> 00:18:59,037 BUT RIGHT UNTIL THE END, IT DID 449 00:18:59,104 --> 00:18:59,438 EVERYTHING. 450 00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:00,806 AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TEAM 451 00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:03,408 IS IN HERE RIGHT NOW, AND I WANT 452 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:07,212 TO THANK AGAIN THE REALTIME 453 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:08,280 OPERATIONS THAT ALSO WORKED THE 454 00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:10,649 THANKLESS HOURS, WHO WERE THE 455 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:12,584 ONES WHO CALLED ME IN THE MIDDLE 456 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:15,053 OF THE NIGHT. 457 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,656 IT WENT PERFECT. 458 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:19,525 IT DID EVERYTHING YOU'D ASK US 459 00:19:19,591 --> 00:19:20,058 TO DO. 460 00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:21,660 WHEN WE DIDN'T DO IT, IT WAS 461 00:19:21,727 --> 00:19:24,096 BECAUSE OF WHAT WE TOLD IT TO 462 00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:24,730 DO. 463 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:28,000 IT STILL WAS OUR FAULT. 464 00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:30,402 IT'S PERFECT. 465 00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:40,212 AND IT'S A PLACE THAT BLOWS MY 466 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:41,613 WILDEST DREAMS. 467 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,549 I'D BLAST IT IN THE CAR GOING 468 00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:45,684 HOME AND BLAST IT COMING BACK 469 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:46,018 IN. 470 00:19:46,084 --> 00:19:49,621 THIS HAS TRULY BEEN BEYOND MY 471 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:50,088 WILDEST DREAMS. 472 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:50,622 >> THANK YOU, JULIE. 473 00:19:50,689 --> 00:20:01,600 [ APPLAUSE ] 474 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:02,200 >> OKAY. 475 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:05,203 AND NOW OVER TO LINDA. 476 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:07,739 >> FOR ME, THIS HAS BEEN AN 477 00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:09,107 INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WITH CASSINI 478 00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:11,076 THAT SPANNED 40 YEARS. 479 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:12,945 I WAS WITH THE MISSION FROM WHEN 480 00:20:13,011 --> 00:20:15,414 IT WAS JUST AN IDEA, AFTER THE 481 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,382 VOYAGE OF FLY-BYES, AND NOW TO 482 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:18,984 SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END IS 483 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:19,952 TRULY AMAZING. 484 00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:21,620 AND TO SHARE THAT WITH MY 485 00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:23,655 FAMILY, MY PERSONAL FAMILY AND 486 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:26,658 MY CASSINI FAMILY, WHAT A 487 00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:27,459 WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 488 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:28,894 LOOKING BACK ON THE MISSION, I 489 00:20:28,961 --> 00:20:31,730 SEE A MISSION THAT WAS RUNNING A 490 00:20:31,797 --> 00:20:35,133 13-YEAR MARATHON OF SCIENTIFIC 491 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:35,534 DISCOVERY. 492 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:39,171 AND THIS LAST ORBIT WAS JUST THE 493 00:20:39,237 --> 00:20:39,938 LAST LAP. 494 00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:43,809 SO WE STOOD IN CELEBRATION OF 495 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,177 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE 496 00:20:45,243 --> 00:20:46,478 RACE. 497 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,847 I STOOD THERE WITH A MIXTURE OF 498 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,716 APPLAUSE AND TEARS, BECAUSE IT 499 00:20:50,782 --> 00:20:52,718 FELT SO MUCH LIKE LOSING A 500 00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:56,088 FRIEND, A SPACECRAFT I HAD 501 00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:57,990 GOTTEN TO KNOW SO WELL. 502 00:20:58,056 --> 00:20:59,658 LOOKING AT THE END AND 503 00:20:59,725 --> 00:21:01,526 BEGINNING, THERE'S SO MUCH LEFT, 504 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:03,328 SO MUCH INCREDIBLE SCIENCE LEFT 505 00:21:03,395 --> 00:21:06,932 TO FIGURE OUT AND UNDERSTAND, 506 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:10,135 DECADES' WORTH, SCIENCE THAT 507 00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:10,869 WILL SPAN A GENERATION. WHEN I 508 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:11,737 THINK ABOUT CASSINI GOING IN, I 509 00:21:11,803 --> 00:21:13,205 KNOW THERE'S A PIECE OF ME THERE 510 00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:14,272 IN HEART AND SOUL. 511 00:21:14,339 --> 00:21:17,209 I KNOW THAT WE SIGNED UP, OUR 512 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:18,910 SIGNATURES ON A LIST OF SHEETS. 513 00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:20,512 THOSE SHEETS WERE SCANNED IN, 514 00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:24,650 PUT ON A CD, AND THAT CD IS ON 515 00:21:24,716 --> 00:21:25,417 BOARD CASSINI. 516 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:28,420 SO A LITTLE PIECE OF ME WENT 517 00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:31,256 INTO SATURN'S ATMOSPHERE ALONG 518 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:31,923 WITH CASSINI. 519 00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:33,792 SO WHAT AN INCREDIBLE RIDE. 520 00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:35,127 JUST LASTING FOR SO LONG. 521 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:36,728 I WANT TO STEP BACK JUST A 522 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:38,597 LITTLE BIT, IF WE COULD GO TO 523 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,365 THE FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE. 524 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:47,039 THIS IS AN IMAGE PUT TOGETHER BY 525 00:21:47,105 --> 00:21:53,578 A VISUAL INFRARED SPECTRONOMY 526 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:53,879 TEAM. 527 00:21:53,945 --> 00:21:56,448 THIS IS VIEW AT FIVE MICRONS YOU 528 00:21:56,515 --> 00:21:57,916 CAN SEE THE HEAT ENERGY COMING 529 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:02,421 OUT OF SATURN, AND THIS IS THE 530 00:22:02,487 --> 00:22:03,255 PLACE WHERE CASSINI TOOK ITS 531 00:22:03,321 --> 00:22:04,956 FINAL PLUNGE. 532 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:07,626 IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT GRAPHIC, 533 00:22:07,693 --> 00:22:08,660 THAT'S WHERE WE THINK CASSINI 534 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:11,163 WENT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OF 535 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:11,496 SATURN. 536 00:22:11,563 --> 00:22:16,134 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE RIDE. 537 00:22:16,201 --> 00:22:16,868 TO GET THAT VERY LAST SET OF 538 00:22:16,935 --> 00:22:18,303 IMAGES THAT CAME BACK FROM 539 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:20,138 CASSINI, SO HERE IT IS TURNED 540 00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:21,707 AROUND VERY QUICKLY FOR YOU TO 541 00:22:21,773 --> 00:22:22,207 SEE. 542 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:24,943 IF WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SET, IF 543 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:27,079 WE HAD A LAST LOOK AT IMAGES, 544 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:29,281 LOOK AT THIS, AND YOU CAN SHARE 545 00:22:29,347 --> 00:22:32,617 WHAT WE SAW FOR OUR FINAL SET OF 546 00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:36,354 IMAGES AND DATA. 547 00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:39,825 SATURN, SETTING BEHIND SATURN. 548 00:22:39,891 --> 00:22:41,526 HOW BEAUTIFUL. 549 00:22:41,593 --> 00:22:44,029 THE MOSAIC OF SATURN AND THE 550 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:45,797 RINGS IN COLOR, OUR LAST LOOK AT 551 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:47,332 THIS INCREDIBLE SYSTEM. 552 00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:47,632 TITAN. 553 00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:51,169 YOU CAN SEE THE LAKES AND SEAS 554 00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:53,371 AT THE NTH POLE AND THE HAZE. 555 00:22:53,438 --> 00:22:57,175 AND AN EVEN BETTER VIEW OF THE 556 00:22:57,242 --> 00:22:57,843 LAKES. 557 00:22:57,909 --> 00:22:59,578 THERE'S DAFTNESS CREATING ITS 558 00:22:59,644 --> 00:23:01,246 WEIGHT ALONG THE EDGE OF THE 559 00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:04,216 GAP, AND THE BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE 560 00:23:04,282 --> 00:23:07,419 IN THE RINGS. 561 00:23:07,486 --> 00:23:09,154 ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING OUT ACROSS 562 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:13,692 THE RINGS, A BRIGHT RING, DARK 563 00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:16,528 DIVISION, SMUGGLED NEXT TO IT. 564 00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:18,263 VIEWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS 565 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:19,631 FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. 566 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:24,503 A TINY PROPELLER, THE ROCKET 567 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:26,304 JUST ABOVE THE DARK GAP. 568 00:23:26,371 --> 00:23:28,774 LARGE SET OF RINGS TOGETHER 569 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,043 TRAPPED OPEN GAS. HERE'S 570 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:37,682 CASSINI'S FINAL IMAGE. 571 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:39,451 WHAT A WONDERFUL SET OF DATA. 572 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:41,286 AS WE WENT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, 573 00:23:41,353 --> 00:23:44,689 WE HAD EIGHT, INCLUDING THE EYE 574 00:23:44,756 --> 00:23:51,830 OF THE SPECTROMETER AND 575 00:23:51,897 --> 00:23:53,598 NUETROMETER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 576 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:55,267 BUT IN PARTICULAR, TRYING TO 577 00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:57,169 UNDERSTAND AS WE PROBED DEEPER, 578 00:23:57,235 --> 00:24:01,239 THE HYDROGEN TO HELIUM RATIO. 579 00:24:01,306 --> 00:24:03,074 YOU CAN'T MEASURE HELIUM UNLESS 580 00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:04,376 YOU DIRECTLY MEASURE IT. 581 00:24:04,442 --> 00:24:06,478 YOU CAN INFER IT AND MODEL IT, 582 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:07,946 BUT TO BE THERE AND DIRECTLY 583 00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:10,782 MEASURE AND SAMPLE, THAT WAS 584 00:24:10,849 --> 00:24:11,116 AMAZING. 585 00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:13,385 SO THAT WAS HARD AT WORK RIGHT 586 00:24:13,451 --> 00:24:15,220 NOW LOOKING AT THEIR DATA AND 587 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,288 TRYING TO ASSESS WHAT THEY SAW 588 00:24:16,354 --> 00:24:20,192 IN THE MOMENTS, AND I'M SURE 589 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:27,532 THEY'LL BE VERY HAPPY. 590 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:29,167 AND THE LONGER TERM ANALYSIS 591 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:30,869 THAT WILL GO ON FOR YEARS. 592 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:32,804 AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AS 593 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:35,240 WELL, AND PARTICULARLY THE 594 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:36,174 INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE TEAM. 595 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:38,743 WE HAD TOO MANY TO TRY AND FIT 596 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:40,212 ALL AT JPL. 597 00:24:40,278 --> 00:24:44,316 THEY'RE DONE AND THEY'VE BEEN 598 00:24:44,382 --> 00:24:45,016 CELEBRATING, AND I'VE HEARD, 599 00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:46,985 HAVING A GREAT TIME FROM THE 600 00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:47,552 REPORTS I'VE HEARD. 601 00:24:47,619 --> 00:24:49,654 AND ALSO TO THANK THE PUBLIC, AS 602 00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:52,224 I'VE SAID, WHO HAVE COME ALONG 603 00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:54,259 WITH US. 604 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,695 WHEN I THINK ABOUT CASSINI, I 605 00:24:56,761 --> 00:24:58,029 THINK THE FINAL GIFT IS THE FACT 606 00:24:58,096 --> 00:24:59,598 THAT WE KNEW THE DAY, THE HOUR, 607 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:01,533 THE MINUTE, AND NOW THE SECOND 608 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:02,868 OF THE PLUNGE. 609 00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:04,269 SO WE COULD GATHER TOGETHER WITH 610 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:07,105 THE SCIENTISTS, THE ENGINEERS, 611 00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:09,241 WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH OUR OWN 612 00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:09,608 FAMILIES. 613 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:15,580 YOU CAN THINK OF US AS A GIANT 614 00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:16,648 WORLDWIDE CASSINI FAMILY. 615 00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:18,183 AND SHARED THE FINAL MOMENT OF 616 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,819 THE PLUNGE, AND HAVE THAT MEMORY 617 00:25:20,886 --> 00:25:22,420 TO ADD TO OUR CASSINI 618 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:22,821 SCRAPBOOKS. 619 00:25:22,888 --> 00:25:26,191 IF I HAD ONE THING I COULD SAY, 620 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:28,326 I'D SAY GOOD-BYE CASSINI. 621 00:25:28,393 --> 00:25:31,263 THANKS FOR THE WINGSIDE SEAT AT 622 00:25:31,329 --> 00:25:31,596 SATURN. 623 00:25:31,663 --> 00:25:32,364 AND AS THOMAS SAID, WE'LL BE 624 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:32,664 BACK. 625 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:33,031 THANK YOU. 626 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:44,876 [ APPLAUSE ] 627 00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:46,278 >> THANK YOU, LINDA. 628 00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:47,913 NOW TO THE QUESTION AND ANSWER 629 00:25:47,979 --> 00:25:49,314 PART OF OUR BRIEFING. 630 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:51,816 A REMINDER FOR REPORTERS ON THE 631 00:25:51,883 --> 00:25:53,218 PHONE, PRESS STAR ONE, AND 632 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:55,186 YOU'LL GET PUT INTO THE QUEUE. 633 00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:58,590 WE'LL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA 634 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:00,959 QUESTIONS WITH #ASKNASA, AND 635 00:26:01,026 --> 00:26:02,661 ANYONE IN THE ROOM, RAISE YOUR 636 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:04,596 HAND AND WE'LL BRING THE MIC 637 00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:05,931 AROUND AND YOU CAN STAND UP AND 638 00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:06,665 ASK A QUESTION. 639 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,700 ANY QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM? 640 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:09,301 RIGHT THERE. 641 00:26:09,367 --> 00:26:12,337 >> HI, THANK YOU ALL. 642 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:15,640 AND CONGRATULATIONS. 643 00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:17,208 I KNOW IT WAS A LONG SHOT. 644 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:19,411 I WONDER IF ANY OF THE 645 00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:21,146 TELESCOPES OVER BY AUSTRALIA IN 646 00:26:21,212 --> 00:26:24,149 AND IN THAT AREA ACTUALLY SAW 647 00:26:24,215 --> 00:26:26,117 THE FLASH OF CASSINI GOING INTO 648 00:26:26,184 --> 00:26:26,451 SATURN. 649 00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:28,086 >> I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY REPORTS 650 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:29,888 BACK ABOUT THAT YET, AND IT WAS 651 00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:33,858 A LONG SHOT, AND MAYBE WE'LL SEE 652 00:26:33,925 --> 00:26:34,225 SOMETHING. 653 00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:36,861 >> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD 654 00:26:36,928 --> 00:26:37,896 MENTION THE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS 655 00:26:37,963 --> 00:26:39,664 GOING INTO THE PLANET. 656 00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:41,132 HOW MUCH HOPE DO YOU HAVE THAT 657 00:26:41,199 --> 00:26:42,667 THE MEASUREMENTS ARE GOING TO 658 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:46,438 HELP YOU FINALLY FIGURE OUT THE 659 00:26:46,504 --> 00:26:48,139 INTERNAL ROTATION RATE OF SATURN 660 00:26:48,206 --> 00:26:49,908 AND THE LENGTH OF A DAY? 661 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:51,776 >> WELL, MICHELLE IS HERE, AND 662 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:53,645 LOOKING GRIM, BUT I KNOW SHE'S 663 00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:57,115 GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD TO 664 00:26:57,182 --> 00:27:04,689 FIGURE THAT OUT. 665 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:06,591 >> WE TAKE DATA FOR AS LONG AS 666 00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:07,993 POSSIBLE ON THE WAY IN, THAT 667 00:27:08,059 --> 00:27:09,961 WILL GET US CLOSER TO THE PLANET 668 00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:11,162 THAN ANYTHING HAS EVER BEEN, AND 669 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:13,999 WE NEED TO DO THAT TO RESOLVE 670 00:27:14,065 --> 00:27:14,799 THE TILT. 671 00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:16,668 I'M HOPING WE CAN DO IT. 672 00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:18,503 I'M NOT GOING TO PROMISE. BUT 673 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:20,038 ASK ME IN THREE MONTH'S TIME. 674 00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:23,508 GIVE US TIME TO ANALYZE THE 675 00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:24,609 DATA. 676 00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:28,046 >> WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OVER 677 00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:28,880 HERE. 678 00:27:28,947 --> 00:27:29,180 EMILY? 679 00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:32,984 >> WE WERE WATCHING TWO GRAPHS 680 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:34,352 RIGHT DOWN TOWARDS THE END. 681 00:27:34,419 --> 00:27:36,021 ONE OF THEM FLAT LINED A LITTLE 682 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:37,322 EARLIER THAN THE OTHER. 683 00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:38,723 AND THE BOTTOM ONE SEEMED TO GO 684 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:41,159 UP AND DOWN A LITTLE? 685 00:27:41,226 --> 00:27:42,260 WHAT WERE THE TWO DIFFERENTS AND 686 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,328 WHAT WAS HAPPENING? 687 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:45,296 >> YOU WERE WATCHING RADIO 688 00:27:45,363 --> 00:27:47,999 SCIENCE SIGNAL THE CARRIER, THE 689 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:50,435 X BAND CARRIER WAS THE TOP ONE. 690 00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:56,441 THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S THE 8 GIG 691 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:59,310 HERTZ SIGNAL AND THE OTHER WAS A 692 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:06,184 RADIO SCIENCE SIGNAL COHERENT AT 693 00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:07,318 2GIGAHERTZ DOWN LOWER THAN THAT. 694 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:09,721 WE EXPECKEDED THAT THE S WOULD 695 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:12,223 LAST LONGER THAN THE X. 696 00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:15,527 BUT BECAUSE THE X HAS A WIDER 697 00:28:15,593 --> 00:28:18,696 BAND WIDTH PATTERN, THAT IT 698 00:28:18,763 --> 00:28:19,731 WOULD LAST. 699 00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:22,434 I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU MAY HAVE 700 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,269 SEEN A COUPLE OF SIDE BANDS 701 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:27,272 COMING DOWN FOR THE S BAND. 702 00:28:27,338 --> 00:28:29,240 THEY HAVE PRETTY DRAMATIC AND 703 00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:31,009 YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN A LITTLE ON 704 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:33,711 THE X, BUT IT GOES WAY DOWN INTO 705 00:28:33,778 --> 00:28:35,747 A FIRST NULL IN LESS THAN A 706 00:28:35,814 --> 00:28:36,147 DEGREE. 707 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:42,153 THEN IT MIGHT HAVE BOUNCED UP 708 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:49,627 AFTER THAT. 709 00:28:49,694 --> 00:28:53,765 >> THE INFRARED IMAGE OF THE 710 00:28:53,832 --> 00:28:55,567 SPOT WHERE CASSINI PROBABLY 711 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:56,000 DISINTEGRATED. 712 00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:57,535 CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT 713 00:28:57,602 --> 00:29:00,505 THAT SPOT AND WHERE IT'S 714 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:00,872 SITUATED? 715 00:29:00,939 --> 00:29:02,373 >> MAYBE BOB BROWN WHO'S BACK 716 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,475 HERE, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 717 00:29:03,541 --> 00:29:14,986 THAT REGION OF THE ATMOSPHERE? 718 00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:18,490 >> AROUND 10 DEGREES OF 719 00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:18,890 LATITUDE. 720 00:29:18,957 --> 00:29:20,825 WE FOUND OUT WE HAD AN 721 00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:22,861 OPPORTUNITY TO IMAGE THAT SITE A 722 00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:26,397 FEW MONTHS BACK, AND BECAUSE THE 723 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:31,035 IMPACT TOOK PLACE, WHAT YOU SEE 724 00:29:31,102 --> 00:29:34,205 THERE IS THE THERMAL HEAT IMAGE 725 00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:36,341 FROM SATURN, THE HEAT LEAKING 726 00:29:36,407 --> 00:29:36,608 OUT. 727 00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:40,211 WE TOOK A SHOT AND LUCKILY WE 728 00:29:40,278 --> 00:29:44,916 GOT IT. 729 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:48,419 >> WHEN WAS THAT IMAGE TAKEN? 730 00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:49,988 >> ABOUT 15 HOURS AGO. 731 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,489 >> ANYMORE QUESTIONS IN THE 732 00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:51,789 ROOM? 733 00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:53,725 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PHONE. 734 00:29:53,791 --> 00:29:56,294 WE HAVE MARSHA DUNN AS THE AP ON 735 00:29:56,361 --> 00:29:57,028 THE LINE. 736 00:29:57,095 --> 00:29:59,097 >> HELLO AND THANK YOU. 737 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:03,401 I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE TOASTS 738 00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:04,235 HAVE BEGUN YET. 739 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:06,171 IS THERE CHAMPAGNE IN STORE FOR 740 00:30:06,237 --> 00:30:12,076 THE TEAM MORNING OR AFTERNOON? 741 00:30:12,143 --> 00:30:13,778 >> THE SCIENCE TEAM'S GOING TO 742 00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:16,814 GET TOGETHER LATER THIS 743 00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:22,387 AFTERNOON. 744 00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:25,723 >> THE FLICKED TEAM IS GOING TO 745 00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:27,325 GET SOME SLEEP. 746 00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:29,661 [ LAUGHTER ] 747 00:30:29,727 --> 00:30:33,064 I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO 748 00:30:33,131 --> 00:30:34,866 WAIT UNTIL THEN TO OPEN THE 749 00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:35,266 CHAMPAGNE. 750 00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:35,900 >> OKAY. 751 00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:39,671 LET'S GO TO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA 752 00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:41,573 QUESTIONS. 753 00:30:41,639 --> 00:30:44,442 >> AS CASSINI'S JOURNEY ENDS, 754 00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:45,910 WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE LEFT 755 00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:48,346 THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE 756 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:50,215 EXPLORED ON FUTURE MISSIONS TO 757 00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:50,548 SATURN? 758 00:30:50,615 --> 00:30:52,083 >> FOR FUTURE MISSIONS, I THINK 759 00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:53,718 THERE ARE A LOT OF 760 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:56,554 POSSIBILITIES. ONE CERTAINLY 761 00:30:56,621 --> 00:31:00,992 INVOLVES THE ENCELADUS. 762 00:31:01,059 --> 00:31:03,061 IS THERE LIFE IN THAT OCEAN TO 763 00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:04,529 GO BACK WITH THE INSTRUMENTS TO 764 00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:06,197 SAMPLE THROUGH THE PLUME. 765 00:31:06,264 --> 00:31:08,399 TITAN, THE POTENTIAL FOR ASTRO 766 00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:10,268 BIOLOGY AND THE OCEANS ON TITAN. 767 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:11,836 DO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LAND AND 768 00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:13,171 FIGURE THAT OUT? 769 00:31:13,238 --> 00:31:15,073 AND ALSO THE SOURCE OF METHANE 770 00:31:15,139 --> 00:31:17,408 THAT KEEPS THE ATMOSPHERE AS 771 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:18,843 EXPANSIVE AS IT IS. 772 00:31:18,910 --> 00:31:19,911 THE HEXAGON. 773 00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:23,014 WHAT'S KEEPING IT GOING AND 774 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:27,285 GOING LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY. 775 00:31:27,352 --> 00:31:29,654 AND THE RINGS, CAN WE GET CLOSER 776 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,489 AND LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL RING 777 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:32,323 PARTICLES TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND 778 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:33,191 WHAT'S GOING ON? 779 00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:34,993 LOTS OF QUESTIONS REMAIN, AND 780 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:39,597 THAT'S WHY I SAY WE HAVE TO GO 781 00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:39,897 BACK. 782 00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:42,967 >> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER SOCIAL 783 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:43,635 MEDIA QUESTION. 784 00:31:43,701 --> 00:31:48,506 >> WHAT'S THE NEXT PROBE OR 785 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:50,174 SPACECRAFT THAT WOULD BE SENT TO 786 00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:52,443 SATURN? 787 00:31:52,510 --> 00:31:58,249 >> WE'LL HAVE TO ASK NASA ABOUT 788 00:31:58,316 --> 00:31:58,549 THAT. 789 00:31:58,616 --> 00:32:01,386 >> HERE WE GO. 790 00:32:01,452 --> 00:32:03,521 >> DIRECTOR OF PLANETARY SCIENCE 791 00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:06,457 AT NASA, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE 792 00:32:06,524 --> 00:32:07,258 CONDUCTING A COMPETITION WE CALL 793 00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:09,060 NEW FRONTIERS. 794 00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:12,330 AND IN THAT CALL FOR PROPOSALS, 795 00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:17,502 WE INCLUDED ENCELADUS AND TITAN. 796 00:32:17,568 --> 00:32:18,002 HANG TIGHT. 797 00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:19,304 GOING THROUGH EVALUATIONS NOW 798 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:21,406 AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 799 00:32:21,472 --> 00:32:22,774 WE'LL START ANNOUNCING SOME OF 800 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,310 THE FINALISTS THAT WE'LL LOOK IN 801 00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:26,210 GREATER DETAIL AT. 802 00:32:26,277 --> 00:32:30,281 >> THERE'S ALSO A SATURN PROBE 803 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:30,648 MISSION. 804 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:31,282 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 805 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:32,583 THERE IS, INDEED, SATURN ALREADY 806 00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:35,953 FOR DECADES IN TERMS OF BEING 807 00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:41,392 ABLE TO GET INTO THE CLOUDS AND 808 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:42,026 REALLY UNDERSTAND THE 809 00:32:42,093 --> 00:32:45,296 COMPOSITION AND MUCH MORE ABOUT 810 00:32:45,363 --> 00:32:45,763 IT. 811 00:32:45,830 --> 00:32:51,336 >> RIGHT. 812 00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:55,006 THIS CAN GO MUCH DEEPER LIKE THE 813 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:55,473 GALILEO PROBE. 814 00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:56,741 >> JUST A REMINDER, STAR ONE FOR 815 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:57,942 REPORTER QUESTIONS. 816 00:32:58,009 --> 00:32:59,477 IF YOU'RE IN HERE RAISE YOUR 817 00:32:59,544 --> 00:32:59,777 HAND. 818 00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:02,680 WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION 819 00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:07,185 HERE. 820 00:33:07,251 --> 00:33:10,455 >> WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU 821 00:33:10,521 --> 00:33:14,425 HAD THE SIGNAL FOR 30 SECONDS 822 00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:14,759 LONGER? 823 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:16,561 DOES IT MEAN THAT THE SPACECRAFT 824 00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:18,029 WAS ABLE TO FIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE 825 00:33:18,096 --> 00:33:18,696 FOR LONGER? 826 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:21,566 >> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF 827 00:33:21,632 --> 00:33:21,966 EVERYTHING. 828 00:33:22,033 --> 00:33:23,601 THE SPACECRAFT, WE DID COME IN A 829 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:27,305 LITTLE LATER THAN WE THOUGHT. 830 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:29,340 AND THAT JUST DIDN'T DELAY THE 831 00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:31,075 DEMISE, IT JUST DELAYED THE 832 00:33:31,142 --> 00:33:33,277 START OF IT. 833 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:41,519 BUT WE THOUGHT THE. 834 00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:42,920 WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL WORLD 835 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:44,422 EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. 836 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:47,658 SO TO BE WITHIN 13 SECONDS, FOR 837 00:33:47,725 --> 00:33:50,294 US, THAT'S A BIG THING. 838 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:51,195 >> OKAY. 839 00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:53,398 OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORTER 840 00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:55,767 QUESTION HERE. 841 00:33:55,833 --> 00:33:57,502 COMING RIGHT BEHIND YOU. 842 00:33:57,568 --> 00:33:58,369 >> THANK YOU. 843 00:33:58,436 --> 00:34:02,273 CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM WHAT THE 844 00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:05,810 ACTUAL TIMES WERE FOR THE 845 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:08,513 ATMOSPHERE INSERTION AND LOSS OF 846 00:34:08,579 --> 00:34:08,846 SIGNAL? 847 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:11,616 ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS 848 00:34:11,682 --> 00:34:12,049 PROJECTED? 849 00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:17,655 >> 11:55:39 FOR THE X BAND 850 00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:20,057 SIGNAL, WHICH CAUSED THE 851 00:34:20,124 --> 00:34:23,828 TELEMETRY, AND 11:55:36 FOR S. 852 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,463 LOSS OF SIGNAL. 853 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:29,500 >> WE HAD PREDICTED, MUCH TO MY 854 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:30,034 EMBARRASSMENT -- 855 00:34:30,101 --> 00:34:35,206 >> THAT'S UTC, ALSO. 856 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:43,815 >> WE CALLED 55:16. 857 00:34:43,881 --> 00:34:46,551 AND WE LOST X BAND AT 55:39, AND 858 00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:48,953 THAT ESSENTIALLY IS WHEN WE LOST 859 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:49,821 DATA. 860 00:34:49,887 --> 00:34:51,556 SPACECRAFT, OF COURSE, IS GOING 861 00:34:51,622 --> 00:34:52,757 TO LAST AROUND FOR AT LEAST 862 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:54,091 ANOTHER MINUTE. 863 00:34:54,158 --> 00:34:56,461 AND OF COURSE THE S BAND DID GO 864 00:34:56,527 --> 00:34:56,794 LONGER. 865 00:34:56,861 --> 00:34:57,395 >> OKAY. 866 00:34:57,462 --> 00:34:59,130 >> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION 867 00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:00,765 FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. 868 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,800 >> SURE. 869 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:08,172 THIS QUESTION IS FROM O 'RYAN. 870 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,274 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE 871 00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:11,776 ARE OTHER IDEAS BEING 872 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:12,176 CONSIDERED. 873 00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:13,778 >> WE HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT 874 00:35:13,845 --> 00:35:15,079 IDEAS. WHAT REALLY CAME DOWN TO 875 00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:19,750 IT, LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW OF THE 876 00:35:19,817 --> 00:35:20,451 DIFFERENT FLAVORS. WE COULD 877 00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:22,820 HAVE LEFT THE SATURN SYSTEM ALL 878 00:35:22,887 --> 00:35:24,689 TOGETHER AND GONE TO JUPITER. 879 00:35:24,755 --> 00:35:26,958 THOSE WERE VERY LONG MISSIONS, 880 00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:29,227 AND WE WOULD NOT BE CHATTING 881 00:35:29,293 --> 00:35:30,294 ABOUT THEM AND PROBABLY OUR 882 00:35:30,361 --> 00:35:31,929 CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE CHATTING 883 00:35:31,996 --> 00:35:33,030 ABOUT THEM. 884 00:35:33,097 --> 00:35:33,898 THEY'RE VERY LONG. 885 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,466 THERE WERE SEVERAL OPTIONS. 886 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:37,668 THOSE WERE DISCARDED PRETTY MUCH 887 00:35:37,735 --> 00:35:38,102 IMMEDIATELY. 888 00:35:38,169 --> 00:35:41,873 BUT AS AN EXERCISE, COULD WE 889 00:35:41,939 --> 00:35:46,277 LEAVE THE MISSION? 890 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:48,679 STAYING WITH SATURN, WE COULD 891 00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:52,817 HAVE GONE -- IF WE STAY AT 892 00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:56,621 SATURN, CASSINI SPACECRAFT MUST 893 00:35:56,687 --> 00:35:57,655 BE PUT INTO A SAFE PLACE. 894 00:35:57,722 --> 00:36:01,292 THE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES THAT 895 00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:03,261 REQUIRE US NOT TO LEAVE AN 896 00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:05,997 UNTENDED SPACECRAFT IN THE 897 00:36:06,063 --> 00:36:12,937 SYSTEM WHERE IT MAY COLLIDE WITH 898 00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:13,671 ENCELADUS, WHICH WE KNOW IS RIPE 899 00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:14,839 FOR ALL THE PARTICLES FOR LIFE. 900 00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:17,308 WE HAD TO DISPOSE OF THE 901 00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:17,875 SPACECRAFT SOMEHOW. 902 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:19,510 THEN IT BECOMES, WHERE'S THE 903 00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:20,311 BEST SCIENCE? 904 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:22,480 IT'S INSIDE THE SATURN SYSTEM. 905 00:36:22,547 --> 00:36:24,949 IT'S NOT WAY OUT AT THE EDGES. 906 00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:28,486 SO TEN YEARS AGO WE BEGAN THE 907 00:36:28,553 --> 00:36:30,955 MISSION THAT PLAN TO USE EVERY 908 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:33,457 LAST KILOGRAM OF OUR PROPELLANT 909 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:36,627 AND FINISH UP EXACTLY THE WAY WE 910 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:36,894 DID. 911 00:36:36,961 --> 00:36:38,429 VERY RISKY, SO YOU DIDN'T WANT 912 00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:40,264 TO PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE, 913 00:36:40,331 --> 00:36:41,532 BECAUSE MAYBE THEY WOULD NOT 914 00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:42,633 COME BACK OUT. 915 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:45,169 THEY WERE NOT NEARLY AS RISKY AS 916 00:36:45,236 --> 00:36:46,871 WE THOUGHT SO WE COUGH DONE A 917 00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:49,941 LOT MORE, SO THAT'S ALL 918 00:36:50,007 --> 00:36:50,308 HINDSIGHT. 919 00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:54,879 BUT THIS WAS, BY FAR, THE BEST, 920 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,781 CASSINI GOING OUT AT THE VERY 921 00:36:56,847 --> 00:36:59,784 TOP OF ITS GAME, AND THE 922 00:36:59,850 --> 00:37:01,819 SCIENTIFICALLY UNEXPLORED 923 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:02,353 ENVIRONMENT. 924 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:03,020 >> GREAT. 925 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:04,956 WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORTER 926 00:37:05,022 --> 00:37:06,891 QUESTION IN THE ROOM. 927 00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:08,159 >> STEVE FROM CBS NEWS. 928 00:37:08,225 --> 00:37:10,394 I WANT TO ASK THE THREE OF YOU A 929 00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:11,696 QUESTION THAT'S NOT REALLY 930 00:37:11,762 --> 00:37:14,465 CONCERNS THE DATA OR WHAT YOU 931 00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:15,466 DISCOVERED, BUT JUST THE HUMAN 932 00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:18,169 SIDE OF THIS MISSION, THIS 933 00:37:18,235 --> 00:37:19,837 SPACECRAFT, WE ALL KNOW THE 934 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:25,776 STORY OF PINOCCHIO, THE WOODEN 935 00:37:25,843 --> 00:37:27,178 DOLL THAT BECOMES HUMAN. 936 00:37:27,244 --> 00:37:29,814 WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR 937 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,551 HEART AND SOUL AS IT CAME TO THE 938 00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:33,818 END. 939 00:37:33,884 --> 00:37:36,187 WHAT DID CASSINI MEAN TO YOU? 940 00:37:36,253 --> 00:37:38,322 DID IT HURT TODAY? 941 00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:41,926 >> YES, YES IT DOES HURT. 942 00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:44,161 WE'VE BEEN WITH THE SPACECRAFT 943 00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:44,929 ON AND OFF. 944 00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:47,198 I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE MISSION 945 00:37:47,264 --> 00:37:50,167 THE ENTIRE TIME. 946 00:37:50,234 --> 00:37:53,904 I HOPE -- I HELPED LAUNCH IT. 947 00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:57,241 IT IS AN EXTENSION OF OURSELVES 948 00:37:57,308 --> 00:38:01,746 AND AN EXTENSION. 949 00:38:01,812 --> 00:38:03,914 AND ALSO, WE ARE OUT AT SATURN. 950 00:38:03,981 --> 00:38:07,752 EVERY DAY WE GET A CALL BACK 951 00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:26,037 HOME. 952 00:38:26,103 --> 00:38:27,772 YOU KNOW, THAT, OF COURSE, 953 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:29,440 THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH THAT 954 00:38:29,507 --> 00:38:29,740 THAT. 955 00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:31,976 THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH THAT 956 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:35,913 HAS BEEN OUR COMPANION AND OUR 957 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:39,316 DUTY DUTIFUL SERVANT. 958 00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:41,018 THERE'S A SENSE OF PEACE WITH 959 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:42,620 THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE EXACTLY 960 00:38:42,687 --> 00:38:45,890 WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE CORRECT 961 00:38:45,956 --> 00:38:46,557 THING. 962 00:38:46,624 --> 00:38:52,029 SO THERE'S A WHOLE POTPURRI. 963 00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:52,663 YOU NAME IT. 964 00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:55,066 >> THERE'S A CORE OF SADDENS. 965 00:38:55,132 --> 00:38:56,867 PART OF THE BREAK UP OF THE 966 00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,402 CASSINI FAMILY COMING INTO WORK 967 00:38:58,469 --> 00:39:00,071 MONDAY MORNING AND KNOWING THERE 968 00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:01,806 WILL BE EMPTY OFFICES THERE, AND 969 00:39:01,872 --> 00:39:05,109 THE PEOPLE I COULD JUST STOP BY 970 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:14,085 AND CHAT WITH. 971 00:39:14,151 --> 00:39:15,486 I FEEL A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF 972 00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:16,754 PRIDE TO WORK ON THE MISSION 973 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:19,657 OVER SO MANY DECADES AND SEE THE 974 00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:21,292 FRUITION OF THIS PARTICULAR 975 00:39:21,358 --> 00:39:21,625 MISSION. 976 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:23,561 PART OF THE SADNESS IS THINKING 977 00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:26,330 ABOUT CASSINI HAS REVEALED 978 00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:28,332 SATURN AS FAMILIAR AS OUR OWN 979 00:39:28,399 --> 00:39:28,933 NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT BE. 980 00:39:28,999 --> 00:39:32,036 AND NOW FOR A TIME, UNTIL WE GO 981 00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:37,942 BACK THAT'S A DISTANT WORLD SO 982 00:39:38,008 --> 00:39:40,711 LONG. 983 00:39:40,778 --> 00:39:43,314 TINY MOVES SNUGGLED IN SO CLOSE. 984 00:39:43,380 --> 00:39:45,449 THOSE ARE ALL GONE UNTIL WE GO 985 00:39:45,516 --> 00:39:45,750 BACK. 986 00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:52,556 >> I THINK IT'S THE LOSS. 987 00:39:52,623 --> 00:39:53,724 REALLY IN THE TRENCHES WORKING 988 00:39:53,791 --> 00:39:56,894 THIS ALL THE TIME. 989 00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:57,661 A CORE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT YOU 990 00:39:57,728 --> 00:40:01,065 SEE EVERY DAY FOR EIGHT HOURS, 991 00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:04,368 PLUS, AND SOMETIMES A LOT LONGER 992 00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:07,271 THAN THAT. 993 00:40:07,338 --> 00:40:11,242 WE STEPPED ON THE CELESTIAL 994 00:40:11,308 --> 00:40:15,045 MECHANICS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE YOU 995 00:40:15,112 --> 00:40:16,947 AS HOLIDAYS. 996 00:40:17,014 --> 00:40:20,451 EVERY CHRISTMAS, EVERY 997 00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:27,358 THANKSGIVING. 998 00:40:27,424 --> 00:40:29,260 MAYBE THEY WOULD BE GLAD NOT TO 999 00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:30,661 HAVE THE PAGER GO OFF IN THE 1000 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:32,196 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR IN THE 1001 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:34,064 MIDDLE OF DINNER SAYING SORRY, I 1002 00:40:34,131 --> 00:40:34,698 GOT TO RUN. 1003 00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:38,636 GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. 1004 00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:40,171 IT'S THE LOSS OF THAT 1005 00:40:40,237 --> 00:40:40,571 CAMARADERIE. 1006 00:40:40,638 --> 00:40:42,506 I THINK FOR ME, I REALLY THOUGHT 1007 00:40:42,573 --> 00:40:44,208 I WAS GOING TO BE MORE SAD ABOUT 1008 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,209 THE SPACECRAFT. 1009 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:48,012 BUT YOU CAN'T -- I'M NOT. 1010 00:40:48,078 --> 00:40:49,613 THE SPACECRAFT DID EVERYTHING WE 1011 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,182 ASKED IT TO DO. 1012 00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:51,582 EVERYTHING. 1013 00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:56,187 RIGHT UNTIL THE VERY END. 1014 00:40:56,253 --> 00:40:57,254 THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO FOR 1015 00:40:57,321 --> 00:40:57,788 ANYBODY. 1016 00:40:57,855 --> 00:40:59,490 THAT'S ALL YOU WANT FOR ANY 1017 00:40:59,557 --> 00:41:00,524 HUMAN. 1018 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:10,434 LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, A ROBOT. 1019 00:41:10,501 --> 00:41:14,538 [ LAUGHTER ] 1020 00:41:14,605 --> 00:41:16,507 >> I THINK WE MESSED IT UP A 1021 00:41:16,574 --> 00:41:16,974 LITTLE BIT. 1022 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:19,276 IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT. 1023 00:41:19,343 --> 00:41:21,879 >> YEAH, I THINK TEARS AND 1024 00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:23,214 APPLAUSE AT THE SAME TIME. 1025 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,616 I HAD A PURPLE HANKIE THERE TO 1026 00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:26,283 BE ABLE TO USE. TEARS AND 1027 00:41:26,350 --> 00:41:33,057 APPLAUSE. 1028 00:41:33,123 --> 00:41:36,961 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE 1029 00:41:37,027 --> 00:41:37,328 PHONE. 1030 00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:39,830 GO AHEAD. 1031 00:41:39,897 --> 00:41:43,801 >> I WONDER, COULD I ASK A 1032 00:41:43,868 --> 00:41:44,168 QUESTION? 1033 00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:50,608 >> COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE. 1034 00:41:50,674 --> 00:41:53,611 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1035 00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:57,982 WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW, WE LOOKED 1036 00:41:58,048 --> 00:42:01,452 A HUBBLE, WE LOOK AT ALL OF 1037 00:42:01,518 --> 00:42:03,954 THESE GREAT COLLABORATIVE 1038 00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:05,422 MISSIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED 1039 00:42:05,489 --> 00:42:06,190 STATES AND EUROPE. 1040 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:08,792 I WONDER WHAT IS THE PROSPECT OF 1041 00:42:08,859 --> 00:42:12,863 US EVER, FRANKLY, DOING THESE 1042 00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:16,200 SORT OF GREAT COLLABORATIONS 1043 00:42:16,267 --> 00:42:20,738 AGAIN. 1044 00:42:20,804 --> 00:42:23,874 WOULD TAKE SLIGHTLY MORE 1045 00:42:23,941 --> 00:42:24,708 INDEPENDENT PATHS. 1046 00:42:24,775 --> 00:42:27,311 >> WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ACTUALLY 1047 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:32,983 HAVING COLLABORATED WITH NASA IN 1048 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:34,018 THIS GREAT MISSION. 1049 00:42:34,084 --> 00:42:36,053 AND WE -- WE ARE CONVINCED THIS 1050 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,288 IS THE WAY TO GO. 1051 00:42:37,354 --> 00:42:39,023 WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO 1052 00:42:39,089 --> 00:42:41,625 REALLY BE AMBITIOUS AND ACHIEVE 1053 00:42:41,692 --> 00:42:43,294 MISSIONS LIKE THIS ONE. 1054 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,596 THIS COULD BE IN DIFFERENT 1055 00:42:45,663 --> 00:42:49,934 FIELDS. WE HAVE NOW, WE HAVE 1056 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,035 MENTION ED 1057 00:42:51,101 --> 00:42:52,336 MENTIONED ANOTHER GREAT MISSION 1058 00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:55,406 WHERE EUROPE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED 1059 00:42:55,472 --> 00:43:00,644 WITH NASA. 1060 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:03,414 WE HAVE -- A LITTLE BIT OF A 1061 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,951 CHANGE WHERE LED BY -- BUT NASA 1062 00:43:07,017 --> 00:43:11,588 IS PARTICIPATING LIKE JUPITER. 1063 00:43:11,655 --> 00:43:15,459 AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO ALL 1064 00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:38,248 KINDS OF POSSIBILITIES. HOW THE 1065 00:43:38,315 --> 00:43:40,150 MISSION IS LED, HOW IT IS PUT IN 1066 00:43:40,217 --> 00:43:41,719 PLACE, AND MAKING A SUCCESS. SO 1067 00:43:41,785 --> 00:43:43,854 I'M REALLY MAKING SURE, BECAUSE 1068 00:43:43,921 --> 00:43:45,489 WE HAVE -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING 1069 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:47,858 YOU CAN SEE IN EUROPE AND IN THE 1070 00:43:47,925 --> 00:43:48,158 U.S. 1071 00:43:48,225 --> 00:43:52,162 OUR SCIENTISTS, THE SCIENTIFIC 1072 00:43:52,229 --> 00:43:55,632 COMMUNITY IS TOTALLY MIXED. 1073 00:43:55,699 --> 00:43:57,568 THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER 1074 00:43:57,634 --> 00:43:59,870 ALREADY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE 1075 00:43:59,937 --> 00:44:00,337 AGENCIES DO. 1076 00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:01,772 AND THEY WORK TOGETHER. 1077 00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:03,540 AND WE ARE SERVICES OUR 1078 00:44:03,607 --> 00:44:06,310 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 1079 00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:16,620 WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 1080 00:44:16,687 --> 00:44:17,388 >> THANK YOU. 1081 00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:20,491 SO WHY DON'T WE GO BACK TO 1082 00:44:20,557 --> 00:44:21,358 SOCIAL MEDIA. 1083 00:44:21,425 --> 00:44:22,860 >> SURE. 1084 00:44:22,926 --> 00:44:24,595 WHAT WAS THE MOST SURPRISING 1085 00:44:24,661 --> 00:44:24,895 VIEW? 1086 00:44:24,962 --> 00:44:28,265 AND HAVE ANY OF YOU NAMED A 1087 00:44:28,332 --> 00:44:32,202 CHILD OR PET AFTER CASSINI? 1088 00:44:32,269 --> 00:44:32,603 [ LAUGHTER ] 1089 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:35,939 >> NO. 1090 00:44:36,573 --> 00:44:39,376 >> WE HAVE NAMED SOME OF THE 1091 00:44:39,443 --> 00:44:41,845 FEATURES IN THE RINGS AFTER OUR 1092 00:44:41,912 --> 00:44:42,146 PETS. 1093 00:44:42,212 --> 00:44:44,415 >> TRUE. 1094 00:44:44,481 --> 00:44:52,122 LARRY RAISES A GOOD POINT. 1095 00:44:52,189 --> 00:44:54,324 >> I DO REMEMBER HEARING ONE OF 1096 00:44:54,391 --> 00:45:25,756 THE ENGINEERS TELLING 1097 00:45:25,823 --> 00:45:27,991 MECHANICS, MISSION DESIGN, AND 1098 00:45:28,058 --> 00:45:30,027 ENGINEERING AND AS I MENTIONED 1099 00:45:30,094 --> 00:45:33,630 IN MY EARLIER REMARKS, JUST 1100 00:45:33,697 --> 00:45:36,900 BEING ABLE TO MANAGE AN 1101 00:45:36,967 --> 00:45:38,469 EXTREMELY COMPLEX SYSTEM TO THE 1102 00:45:38,535 --> 00:45:40,471 ULTIMATE OF ITS CAPABILITIES. 1103 00:45:40,537 --> 00:45:43,006 AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD THE 1104 00:45:43,073 --> 00:45:46,210 IMPORTANCE OF A FLAGSHIP, A 1105 00:45:46,276 --> 00:45:49,046 MISSION THAT HAS A FULL SUITE OF 1106 00:45:49,113 --> 00:45:52,549 INSTRUMENTS READY TO DEAL WITH 1107 00:45:52,616 --> 00:45:56,120 WHATEVER IT FINDS. 1108 00:45:56,186 --> 00:45:57,521 SOMETHING THAT'S READY TO DEAL 1109 00:45:57,588 --> 00:45:59,123 WITH WHATEVER IT FINDS, AND THEN 1110 00:45:59,189 --> 00:45:59,923 GO BACK AGAIN. 1111 00:45:59,990 --> 00:46:02,793 AND WE HAVE STORIES OVER AND 1112 00:46:02,860 --> 00:46:03,460 OVER AGAIN. 1113 00:46:03,527 --> 00:46:05,295 ONE INSTRUMENT HAS REVEALED 1114 00:46:05,362 --> 00:46:08,532 SOMETHING AT SATURN OR ITS 1115 00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:08,832 MOONS. 1116 00:46:08,899 --> 00:46:11,135 AND WE GET FROM A LITTLE 1117 00:46:11,201 --> 00:46:13,537 SNIPPET, A FULL PICTURE OF THE 1118 00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:14,938 ENTIRE THING. 1119 00:46:15,005 --> 00:46:17,341 SO THE VALUE OF FLAGSHIP, THE 1120 00:46:17,407 --> 00:46:20,444 ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES AND 1121 00:46:20,511 --> 00:46:21,745 MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES THAT HAVE 1122 00:46:21,812 --> 00:46:24,882 BEEN EXPLORED, I THINK LEAD 1123 00:46:24,948 --> 00:46:26,483 US -- LEAD THE WAY. 1124 00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:30,487 >> I WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE TO 1125 00:46:30,554 --> 00:46:31,155 HAVE THAT FULL TOOL BOX OF 1126 00:46:31,221 --> 00:46:33,090 INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE TO FOLLOW 1127 00:46:33,157 --> 00:46:37,261 UP ON THE UNEXPECTED 1128 00:46:37,327 --> 00:46:40,097 DISCOVERIES. I THINK ONE OF THE 1129 00:46:40,164 --> 00:46:40,831 BIGGEST LEGACIES IS THE FACT 1130 00:46:40,898 --> 00:46:43,133 THAT WE NOW KNOW THERE ARE OCEAN 1131 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,102 WORLDS AROUND JUPITER BUT ALSO 1132 00:46:45,169 --> 00:46:46,603 AROUND SATURN. 1133 00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:48,705 TITAN, SORT OF OPENING UP OUR 1134 00:46:48,772 --> 00:46:50,207 VIEW OF WHERE COULD WE FIND LIFE 1135 00:46:50,274 --> 00:46:52,042 IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 1136 00:46:52,109 --> 00:46:55,679 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THAT 1137 00:46:55,746 --> 00:47:00,117 NARROW ZONE, THE GOLDIE LOCKS 1138 00:47:00,184 --> 00:47:00,751 ZONE. 1139 00:47:00,817 --> 00:47:03,187 THE IMLY OCCASION FOR EXO 1140 00:47:03,253 --> 00:47:03,754 PLANETS AS WELL. 1141 00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:05,422 >> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER 1142 00:47:05,489 --> 00:47:06,657 QUESTIONS. THE GENTLEMAN IN THE 1143 00:47:06,723 --> 00:47:07,257 BACK THERE. 1144 00:47:07,324 --> 00:47:08,392 HOLD ON. 1145 00:47:08,458 --> 00:47:11,395 WAIT FOR THE MIC. 1146 00:47:11,461 --> 00:47:14,331 HERE IT COMES. 1147 00:47:14,398 --> 00:47:15,866 >> HI. 1148 00:47:15,933 --> 00:47:17,401 YOU HAD ON BOARD CASSINI 1149 00:47:17,467 --> 00:47:19,036 SOMETHING THAT COULD, QUOTE 1150 00:47:19,102 --> 00:47:20,938 UNQUOTE, SNIFF IS ATMOSPHERE. 1151 00:47:21,004 --> 00:47:22,973 WAS IT A HOPE OR AN ABSOLUTE 1152 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,308 PLAN THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO 1153 00:47:24,374 --> 00:47:24,975 UTILIZE THAT? 1154 00:47:25,042 --> 00:47:29,146 >> IT WITH US PLANNED TO USE 1155 00:47:29,213 --> 00:47:30,814 THAT. 1156 00:47:30,881 --> 00:47:34,051 WE HAVE USED IT VERY 1157 00:47:34,117 --> 00:47:35,385 SUCCESSFULLY FOR LOOKING IN THE 1158 00:47:35,452 --> 00:47:44,361 GAS FROM THE PLUMES FROM 1159 00:47:44,428 --> 00:47:44,761 ENCELADUS. 1160 00:47:44,828 --> 00:47:46,129 WE KNEW IT WOULD WORK AND WOULD 1161 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:47,264 CONTINUE TO WORK. 1162 00:47:47,331 --> 00:47:49,833 WE WANTED TO KEEP GETTING DATA 1163 00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:54,137 BACK AS LONG AS WE COULD. 1164 00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:57,074 >> LET ME JUST PILE IT UP A 1165 00:47:57,140 --> 00:47:59,109 SECOND. WE LAUNCHED THE MASS 1166 00:47:59,176 --> 00:48:00,310 SPECTROMETER WAS GOING TO BE 1167 00:48:00,377 --> 00:48:01,044 USED FOR TITAN. 1168 00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:02,079 >> RIGHT. 1169 00:48:02,145 --> 00:48:03,080 THAT'S IT. 1170 00:48:03,146 --> 00:48:06,283 >> WITHOUT ENCELADUS. 1171 00:48:06,350 --> 00:48:08,785 AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE 1172 00:48:08,852 --> 00:48:11,421 WERE ABLE TO FIND THESE 1173 00:48:11,488 --> 00:48:13,857 MYSTERIES OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS 1174 00:48:13,924 --> 00:48:17,894 AND USE MASS SPEC IN A DIFFERENT 1175 00:48:25,569 --> 00:48:25,269 WAY 1176 00:48:25,636 --> 00:48:29,039 >> THAT'S KIND OF MY QUESTION. 1177 00:48:29,106 --> 00:48:31,475 YOU'RE BUILDING INTO THESE 1178 00:48:31,541 --> 00:48:33,443 MISSIONS SIR WREN DIPTY, WITH 1179 00:48:33,510 --> 00:48:35,746 THE ANTICIPATION THAT IT COULD 1180 00:48:35,812 --> 00:48:36,947 MAYBE GO IN ANOTHER WAY. 1181 00:48:37,014 --> 00:48:38,348 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1182 00:48:38,415 --> 00:48:40,017 EVEN A VERY TACTICAL MISSION 1183 00:48:40,083 --> 00:48:42,653 WITH A SINGLE OBJECTIVE, SINGLE 1184 00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:44,388 INSTRUMENT, STILL HAS GOT TO BE 1185 00:48:44,454 --> 00:48:47,557 READY TO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES 1186 00:48:47,624 --> 00:48:53,130 OF THE SURPRISES. IF YOU SEE 1187 00:48:53,196 --> 00:48:54,665 SOMETHING WITH AN INSTRUMENT, 1188 00:48:54,731 --> 00:48:56,533 THEN THE ENTIRE SPACECRAFT COULD 1189 00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:59,303 BE BROUGHT ON TO IT AND 1190 00:48:59,369 --> 00:49:00,704 REVEAL -- I DON'T HAVE THE TIME 1191 00:49:00,771 --> 00:49:02,606 TO GO INTO THE STORY, BUT HOW 1192 00:49:02,673 --> 00:49:04,875 MANY INSTRUMENTS IT TOOK TO 1193 00:49:04,941 --> 00:49:06,710 REVEAL THAT ENTIRE STORY, THE 1194 00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:07,844 ENTIRE SPACECRAFT. 1195 00:49:07,911 --> 00:49:09,279 >> I THINK IT TOOK EVERY 1196 00:49:09,346 --> 00:49:12,516 INSTRUMENT ON THE SPACECRAFT 1197 00:49:12,582 --> 00:49:15,919 WORKING TOGETHER TO REVEAL WHAT 1198 00:49:15,986 --> 00:49:17,921 WE KNOW TODAY ABOUT ENCELADUS. 1199 00:49:17,988 --> 00:49:19,056 EVERY SINGLE ONE. 1200 00:49:19,122 --> 00:49:20,824 >> OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM. 1201 00:49:20,891 --> 00:49:26,563 THE GENTLEMAN HERE IN THE FRONT. 1202 00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:27,764 >> HI. 1203 00:49:27,831 --> 00:49:29,299 I'M HERE WITH THE NASA SOCIAL. 1204 00:49:29,366 --> 00:49:31,468 A LOT OF THE PICTURES FROM 1205 00:49:31,535 --> 00:49:34,104 CASSINI WERE UPLOADED ONLINE IN 1206 00:49:34,171 --> 00:49:35,939 REALTIME, THE RAW IMAGES, AND 1207 00:49:36,006 --> 00:49:37,908 WERE TAKEN BY AMATEURS AND 1208 00:49:37,974 --> 00:49:39,876 PEOPLE ONLINE AND STITCHED 1209 00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:41,411 TOGETHER AND ALMOST FINISHED 1210 00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:42,746 BEFORE THE SCIENTISTS GOT A 1211 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:43,947 CHANCE TO DO SO. 1212 00:49:44,014 --> 00:49:46,583 I WONDER IF THAT WAS AN EXPECTED 1213 00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:48,719 OUTCOME, AND IF THAT IMPACTS THE 1214 00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:50,687 WAY AND THE DECISIONS MADE 1215 00:49:50,754 --> 00:49:52,089 DURING THE MISSION AND PERHAPS 1216 00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:53,890 FUTURE MISSIONS FOR SUCH IMAGES? 1217 00:49:53,957 --> 00:49:58,095 >> WE LOVE IT. WE LOVE THE 1218 00:49:58,161 --> 00:50:08,105 AMATEURS TO GET OUT HERE. 1219 00:50:08,171 --> 00:50:09,005 WE LOVE IT. 1220 00:50:09,072 --> 00:50:11,541 WE WANT TO INVOLVE THE 1221 00:50:11,608 --> 00:50:11,942 COMMUNITY. 1222 00:50:12,008 --> 00:50:13,176 >> THERE'S A SMALL COMMUNITY 1223 00:50:13,243 --> 00:50:15,278 THAT'S BEEN DOING THIS TO US FOR 1224 00:50:15,345 --> 00:50:18,682 YEARS. WE DON'T EVEN TRY TO GET 1225 00:50:18,749 --> 00:50:22,686 AHEAD OF IT. 1226 00:50:22,753 --> 00:50:24,654 GET THE IMAGES OUT. 1227 00:50:24,721 --> 00:50:26,690 IT WAS A DECISION FROM NASA A 1228 00:50:26,757 --> 00:50:27,858 LONG TIME AGO. 1229 00:50:27,924 --> 00:50:29,292 AS SOON AS THEY'RE ON THE 1230 00:50:29,359 --> 00:50:30,427 GROUND, EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE 1231 00:50:30,494 --> 00:50:32,596 THEM, AND DO WHAT YOU WILL. 1232 00:50:32,662 --> 00:50:34,598 WE'VE GOT GREAT GRAPHICS FOLKS, 1233 00:50:34,664 --> 00:50:35,999 THEY'RE BETTER THAN OURS 1234 00:50:36,066 --> 00:50:36,400 SOMETIMES. 1235 00:50:36,466 --> 00:50:37,868 >> I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT 1236 00:50:37,934 --> 00:50:38,168 THAT. 1237 00:50:38,235 --> 00:50:52,949 >> THEY'RE FASTER THAN OURS. 1238 00:50:53,016 --> 00:50:55,118 >> PRESS BRIEFING INCLUDING THE 1239 00:50:55,185 --> 00:50:56,386 LAST WONDERFUL IMAGES THAT LINDA 1240 00:50:56,453 --> 00:50:59,589 SHOWED EARLIER. WE'RE GOING TO 1241 00:50:59,656 --> 00:51:01,892 ADD ADDITIONAL SATURN IMAGERY ON 1242 00:51:01,958 --> 00:51:04,895 TO THE FEED. THANK YOU EVERYONE 1243 00:51:04,961 --> 00:51:06,029 FOR HELPING US SAY GOOD-BYE TO