01 – Giovanni Cassini, also known as Cassini I (86y)

02 – Suzanne-Françoise Charpentier du Charmois, wife of Cassini II

03 – César-François Cassini de Thury, also known as Cassini III / Jean Dominique Cassini, also known as Cassini IV

04 – Robert Brown, a botanist (44y)

05 – Journalist / Scientist / Project Manager

05-Journalist
Computer brains, an electronic inner ear and the spacecraft equivalent of a cardiovascular system have been successfully installed into NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, bound for a launch to Saturn in 1997.

Cassini is ready for shake and bake test.

3-2-1- and liftoff of the Cassini spacecraft on a billion-mile trek to Saturn.

01-Giovanni
Thank you, my dear. Some hot tea to go with some old memories, what more could I ask for? And biscuits! Please have a seat. Well, I have to say it’s nice to be with you—if not see you—again. So, before we start, would you mind telling me how is the weather today, and what is your name?

02-Suzanne
Good afternoon. My apologies for being late, I hope this did not cause you too much distress. The rain was not friendly. You look lovely! This must be the dress from the new tailor you mentioned in your letter, look at these details. I must pay a visit to that tailor some time. Thank you again for having me here, and walking me to the salon. You know I’ve been expecting today’s gathering for a long time.

03
19 year-old César-François is working on a map on a desk. 

04-Robert
Good afternoon, ladies, gentlemen, and the sun in the sky, thank you so much for coming out here today. I am Robert Brown.

05-Scientist
I can’t recall a launch as perfect as this one. Everything we see is within predictions, with no failures. 

01-Giovanni
I appreciate and admire my uncle very much. He was a good man. He attended to the early education I received, which is the beginning of my astronomical interests. Astronomy and astrology are two subjects now, but everything we see today was once within one discipline. When I first studied in the Jesuit College in Genoa, I was more drawn to astrology than I was to astronomy. In a way, astrology is more practical and useful, isn’t it? But in any case, after some time, I can’t recall how long it was, but I do remember telling my uncle that “there was nothing substantial in the rules of the astrologers and that astronomy alone deserved attention.” I was a straightforward young man. My uncle even lectured me about some arts of speaking. And, he was proved to be very right.

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01 – Giovanni Cassini，卡西尼一世 (86歲)

02 – Suzanne-Françoise Charpentier du Charmois，卡西尼二世的妻子

03 – César-François Cassini de Thury，卡西尼三世

Jean Dominique Cassini，卡西尼四世

04 – Robert Brown，植物學家 (44歲)

05 – 記者／科學家／計畫主持人

05 – 記者　由電腦構成的大腦、電子內耳、以及猶如太空船心血管的系統已成功安裝上NASA的卡西尼太空船，預備於1997年出發，前往土星。

卡西尼已經準備好要接受穩定度和溫度的測試了。

三、二、一——卡西尼太空船順利升空，踏上數億哩前往土星的旅程。

01 – Giovanni　謝謝你，親愛的。一些熱茶配上一些老回憶，我還能要求什麼呢？還有餅乾！請坐。嗯，比起「很高興再次見到你」我必須說很高興能再次和你一起聊聊。那麼，在我們開始之前，你能告訴我今天的天氣如何，以及你叫什麼名字嗎？

02 – Suzanne　午安。對於遲到這件事我衷心感到抱歉，希望不會造成你太多麻煩。這場雨真不友善。你看起來好極了！這一定是你在信裡提過的那個裁縫作的洋裝，看看這些細節！我之後有空也一定要去找那個裁縫。再次謝謝你邀請我來這裡，還陪我走到沙龍的這一段路。你知道我期待今天的聚會很久了。

03 – 19歲的César-François在桌上畫著一張地圖。

04 – Robert　午安，女士們，先生們，以及天上的太陽，十分感謝各位今天賞光前來。我是Robert Brown。

05 – 科學家　我想不出有哪一次的發射像這次一樣完美。所有一切都在預測之中，一點錯誤都沒有。

01 – Giovanni　我非常感激，也非常欽佩我的叔叔。他是一個很好的人。他規劃了我最初的教育，也是我對天文產生興趣的開始。天文學和占星學現在是兩個科目，但我們今日所見的一切曾經同屬一門學問。當我剛在熱那亞大學念書時，比起天文學，占星學更吸引我。從一方面來說，占星學更實用也更有用，不是嗎？但總之，一段時間後，我也記不得是多久了，但我的確記得我告訴我叔叔說，「占星學家的規則中沒有什麼是真實又有價值的，而天文學本身值得更多關注。」我以前是一個很直接的年輕人。我叔叔甚至還教訓過我「說話的藝術」。後來呢，時間證明他是非常正確的。

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