Carolyn Porco: This is Saturn

http://www.ted.com Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.

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[Nagrobek78]

I have a question for people who complain that solar exploration should be abandoned and the resources should be guided towards feeding the poor and eradicading poverty. My question is - why solar exploration and not for example armaments, building thousands of new churches, mosks and temples, etc. worthless activities? Cause things I mentioned take up a lot more of resources than exploration of space, and give a lot less (if any) gain for humanity.

[Dan Jackson]

Must be hard to keep all those astronomers around the world from talking about this stuff though, eh?

Yeah, there might be top secret spy satellite missions, but unless it's to do with national security, there's no reason to hide astronomical findings... it's just a waste of time and money.

[KaylinJH]

im pretty sure you would need oxygen in some form

[ParaglidingManiac]

By the 8th minute in this video - I started setting up my huge telescope on my balcony. Saturn's and Titan's live observations will begin as soon as this video ends:)

[Dave Puchi]

Excuse my ignorance but can anyone tell me if we could potentially... burn a moon covered in methane?

[tsunchoo]

Huygens has been there - but I know what you mean..

[she ratchet]

what does audrey hepburn have to do with science?

[whitesmith bonesdark]

saturn(in astrology)wont let me go outside my race...saturn wont let me not be a white pig...uranus would let me be something else..but saturn abuses his own children sexually and satrun chronus eats his kids...and saturn wont let me or people i know stop abusing thier own family..saturn needs me to be a pig...

[KanaCanaful]

Melodysheep

[NoahesFrio]

The lifespan of humans born in the 1990s is bound to be longer than that of humans born in the 1890s.

[Revetnere]

Hmmmm..how to live for more than 150 years... 

[NoahesFrio]

Who knows what will be possible in 150 years.