Hi everyone - just wanted to pass on the link given to me by Trevor Barry for an update on NASA's Cassini Huygens mission:
http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=4963
Some of you may remember Trevor as a very new member of IIS who recently posted, under the forum name "Quark."
What most people (one in particular) would not know is that Trevor's own story is a truly remakable one; the stuff of dreams for many of us AA's. Spending most of his adult life working underground in the mines, but with an abiding passion for astronomy; Trevor, after 34 years in the mines, enrolled, studied and then graduated with the honour of top graduate in his degree program of Astronomy from Swinburne University. He was awarded the 2004 Award for Excellence as the top graduating student.
Trevor is part of the worldwide support team for NASA's Cassini RPWS (Radio and Plasma Wave Science) unit, the Australian member supplying images of these amazing electrical storms on Saturn's surface.
The above link gives an insight into these phenomena, as well as information on the Enceladus gas plumes etc: honouring Trevor and his 3 international colleagues specifically by mentioning their contributions to the NASA Cassini Project.
This sort of involvment is an honour for all Australians to be proud of; doubly so for Trevor with his own personal journey and achievements: I feel immensely proud that Trevor saw fit to pass this information on to me.
Regards, Darryl.