Cassini spacecraft is history now. Any thoughts?

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It is pretty crazy that they sent the thing out there and then it was running out of gas so they sent it back to earth to slingshot around to pick up speed again. And it appears they did it with other bodies a lot of other times. https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/gravity-assists/ I find the math of this bonkers. 99% of people can’t manage their checkbooks. Bravo NASA!

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