253 EE Why NASA Is Crashing Its Cassini Spacecraft into Saturn

On September 15th, NASA will send the Cassini spacecraft hurtling toward Saturn at more than 70,000 miles per hour relative to the Earth. Cassini will continue its descent into the giant gas world until the spacecraft disintegrates in Saturn’s atmosphere and is thus destroyed, taking measurements and sending data back to Earth until the very end. Here are 6 reasons to celebrate Cassini as it goes out in a blaze of glory.Read the transcript at http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/node/11881Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows:www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcastsFOLLOW EVERYDAY EINSTEINFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/qdteinsteinTwitter: https://twitter.com/qdteinstein Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.