Word: saturns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aluminous pink sunset on the planet Mars. The unexpected eruption of volcanoes on the tiny Jovian moon lo. Swirling storms on Jupiter. A continent-size landmass hidden under the thick, sulfurous clouds of Venus. The astonishingly beautiful and complex rings of Saturn...
...night, I got a call from someone who wanted to know if I knew anything about the planet Saturn," recalls Sara Chalfen, one of a handful of "casuals"-men and women who work part time to augment the regular staff of 12 operators. "He wanted to know the names of the stars that circle around Saturn. I tried to find him someone at the Smithsonian who would know-I don't know how successful...
...Harvard astronomers are now interpreting data from Voyager II, the unmanned space satellite whose voyage they helped plan. Voyager II passed by Saturn in late August, sending back to earth the clearest pictures ever taken of the ringed planet...
...cable and settles down for another dose of network gruel, the weird piece of machinery across the way is pulling down programs from at least three pay-TV companies. Plus "feeds" from network correspondents hours before the evening news gets on the air. Plus NASA transmissions of pictures from Saturn. Plus soccer from Brazil. Plus the glorious miscellany of perhaps 50 to 60 programs a day, from closed-circuit prizefights to S.R.O. symphony concerts that are beamed off whichever satellite is being tuned...
...will probably be 10,000 more of these things sold next year," enthuses Dave Bondon, president of a Hightstown, N.J., electronics subsidiary that makes earth station antennas. Says Andy Hatfield, whose AVCOM company makes components for the station: "It's phenomenal. You see these pictures that came from Saturn and it's like being part of NASA. Watch an earth station and you'll never look at terrestrial television again...