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    I'm really looking forward to looking at some of the images from the final couple of months, especially the detail in Saturn's cloud deck.
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    Jeez, it's as bad as raising parents. You spend nearly twenty years training them and then, when you step away for a few years to university, all that training goes down the tube and they revert.
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    "Reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated!":

    https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/...nale/overview/

    Looks like we are going to get a lot of new data and pictures before the final plunge; including first time look inside the rings :)
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    This mission certainly got its money's worth.
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    This image of the Earth and Moon through the rings is just amazing. Sure, they are just dots, but when you know what those dots are, it gets awesome.

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    An!
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    Countdown to Grand Finale
    Sept. 15 is going to be the last Hurrah!:

    https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/...latest-status/

    End notes:

    https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/312...ion-of-saturn/

    Gone, but it sounds like they are going to be unpacking the data for years
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