I find this stuff just amazing. I remember when Voyager took off; I was five, and the idea that I'd be seventeen when it reached the end of the Solar System was just beyond my imagining. (Mind you, I also wondered if I'd be allowed to stay up to see midnight at the start of the new millennium. It didn't occur to me that by the time I was twenty-eight, I could go to bed whenever I felt like it.)

Hope I haven't double-posted this. I don't think it worked the first time.

Tres cool, indeed. I've only seen one launch -- a shuttle back in late '90 from my parents' front yard, and it was awe-inspiring.

We can't let space go unexplored. We've too much to gain from it.

I'm a total space geek and proud of it! :)

Back in 1990, my ex and I had passes to go in and watch Discovery lift off with the Hubble telescope. We were as close as the public was allowed to get - 2 miles away. I can't even tell you how upset I was when they scrubbed the liftoff at T minus 4 seconds!! So I had to settle for watching it from afar from our hotel terrace in Disney a few days later. *sigh* That was the only live launch I ever got to see. All the others were on TV.

The pics from Cassini have been awesome! I can't believe it's been 6 1/2 years since it took off already!! *sigh* I just love this shit! :)

(Please blame what follows on Adams, Sam-type)

I read this post and completely misread the year of the launch, (and the words "six years ago") and wondered how I could have possibly missed a rocket launch from Lee-vant.

That is all.

Thank you for posting this! I would have commented on this post earlier today except that link led to link led to link, I'm sure you know how it is, and before I knew it I'd lost two hours... =)