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Originally Posted by Jerry
Supernova 1987A exploded recently.
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It means I don't know what NASA means when they say 'rescently'. If you read the sig event log, they have been mulling over something or some things significant for months without clearly stating what.
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Do you have a plausible answer? Nasa had a half dozen different explanations for the behavior of Galileo's wheels, which one is more plausable? Dark Matter, inflation, Dark energy, time dilation - all magic.
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We're not talking about Galileo, were talking about Cassini. Why are you bringing up any of this? These other theories have no bearing on Cassini other than you don't like them. The difference between these theories and your musings is that they actually have some evidence to back them up. |
Trends are useful analytical tools. If Galileo's wheels started shimmering everytime it neared a moon, and so did Cassini's (near both Saturn's and Jupiter's moons) there might be a meaningful trend.
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Lots of flailing, but you've yet to show how any of this could effect one wheel and not the rest.
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As always, the devil is in the detail. If the wheel associated with "roll" relative to the planet is the one always acting up, that would be a pretty good sign something funky is happening. Anyone care to provide the level of detail needed to scope this out?
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Don't you think it is odd that when both Galileo and Huygens were close to Jupiter and Saturn, reaction wheels have behaved curiously?
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No. Balky reaction wheels are part of the space game. Take a look at the problems Hubble and the ISS have had. Your reading too much into this.
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That's true, they are not jet engines.