Letters, Dec. 15, 1980

Visit to Saturn

To the Editors:

Never have I seen so breathtaking a photograph as the one of Saturn and its rings that appeared with your story [Nov. 24]. For a few exciting seconds, I felt as if I were sitting astride Voyager 1 and that I could almost reach out and touch the rings.

John M. McKenna Wireton, Pa.

The most glaring and obvious fact that appears from the data collected from our celestial neighbors is that none are even remotely similar to earth. The cliché, "There's no place like home," rings true. Whatever else space exploration may provide, it will surely not be...

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