Astronomy / Space On the "Horizon"....

[Yodafone]

The Cassini mission to Saturn returns its latest images of the gas giant's Dione moon.

Wouldn't it be great if we could land on these barren worlds(?), this one.. Dione for instance, and watch a Saturn-Rise over the "Horizon".

If only there was a game that allowed us to do this

I can't wait!! Perhaps this particular moon isn't is FD's plans (I have no idea, but you get the idea)

Saturn's moon Dione with rings


Cassini looking back at Dione


Dione_Rings background


970km from Dione surface... Get ready to break out the moon buggy!

 

[Sir.Tj]

Moved to Astronomy forum.

 

[Patrick_68000]

The Cassini mission to Saturn returns its latest images of the gas giant's Dione moon.

Wouldn't it be great if we could land on these barren worlds(?), this one.. Dione for instance, and watch a Saturn-Rise over the "Horizon".

If only there was a game that allowed us to do this

I can't wait!! Perhaps this particular moon isn't is FD's plans (I have no idea, but you get the idea)

Saturn's moon Dione with rings
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Cassini looking back at Dione
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Dione_Rings background
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970km from Dione surface... Get ready to break out the moon buggy!
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Soon tm, no doubt

 

[BumbleDee128]

Reading the Martian, it struck me that its really just like hi-tech camping. With the hab, and buggies. Im getting excited. Beautiful pictures btw

 

[Yodafone]

Reading the Martian, it struck me that its really just like hi-tech camping. With the hab, and buggies. Im getting excited. Beautiful pictures btw

So true, as in the book The Martian by Andy Weir. To really experience how hostile these places really are would be such an eye opener, hopefully Frontier will be able to incorporate some of this deadly jeapardy in the game/expansion somehow.