Thursday July 01, 2004
Congratulations, Cassini-Huygens 
Today, Cassini became the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit.
Primary Mission: Four-year tour to study Saturn, its rings, moons and magnetosphere
Launch: October 15, 1997 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Arrival at Saturn: July 1, 2004 (Eastern time)
Distance Traveled: 2.2 billion miles (3.5 billion km)
Huygens probe Titan descent: January 14, 2005
More info available from the NASA site: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
I would guess they aren't using Java on this one, though, since it launched in 1997...
(2004-07-01 11:49:51.0)
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How's your Latin? I took Latin in college, and am a big history buff of the Roman Army.
Being an Xnut (without the Java), I found this quote that ties my Latin and XML loves...
"Si Exorditur ab 'X' Bonum Esse Oportet"
Anyone care to translate (without using the above link or Google to cheat)? :-)
(2004-07-01 11:21:20.0)
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