One of the Cassini team, JPL project scientist Dr. Linda Spilker (member of mission for twenty-nine years), in Grand Finale preview today pointed out to reporters and 500+ watching via YouTube that when mission began presentation data was displayed with overhead projectors.
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Final mission image, September 14th, Pasadena, 12:58 PDT/ERT:
Venus 23° 39' conjunct North Node 23° 58' Leo
Final data transmission, September 14th, Pasadena, 14:45 PDT/ERT:
Midheaven 23° 56' conjunct Cassini launch Mercury 23° 05' Libra
Part of Fortune 26° 21' conjunct Spilker* natal Neptune 26° 37' Rx Libra
*DOB via IMDb; JPL since 1977; Cassini since 1988