Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Curt Niebur, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The Cassini Saturn mission. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce. This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com. Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm). For those of you listening to archives on live365.com & rating the programs, please email me the reasons for your rating. This will definitely help improve Space Show programming. Thank you. Please note that audio and transition issues are a result of copying the John Batchelor broadcast & are not within my control as they originate in the Batchelor studio. John Batchelor and I welcomed Dr. Curt Niebur of NASA HQ to update us on the Cassini mission and to talk about some of the amazing discoveries made so far by the spacecraft. Some of the specifics we talked about included the overall scientific knowledge gained from Cassini, the Saturn moons, the rings, and more. We talked about the Moon Titan, plus shielding the spacecraft when it flies within the rings by using the high gain antenna as a sort of an umbrella to protect the more delicate spacecraft from particle impact. Our guest was asked about the mysterious red arcs recently seen in a close flyby photo of Tethys, then we talked about the final Cassini mission, the Cassini Farewell Tour. You can email Mr. Batchelor or Dr. Curt Niebur through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.