THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU REALLY have to question if NASA is spending its budget wisely.
-- SSE: Kids: Paper Models Posted by Vanderleun at June 20, 2004 11:06 AM
Gingerbread Cassini"Learn about spacecraft parts and then eat them. Education never tasted so good."
1. Fill the ice cream cone 2/3 full of cake mix. Bake according to the cake mix instructions, just as for a cupcake.
2. Place a layer of frosting on top of the “cake.”
3. Fold the licorice in half and poke the ends into the cake. The licorice should make an inverted V sticking out of the cake. This represents the support structure on the interior of Cassini’s high-gain antenna dish.
4. Using frosting as glue, place two disk candies around the inside of the top of the ice cream cone. These represent the Sun sensors that tell the spacecraft where the Sun is.
5. Cut a hole in the ice cream cone right under the cake “antenna.” Insert the chocolate wafer into the cone. Using frosting as glue, place a marshmallow on the end of the chocolate wafer. This represents the magnetometer boom.
6. Holding the cone with the chocolate wafer pointing to the right, take the candy mint and attach it to the side of the cone that is facing you. Use frosting as glue. This represents the Huygens probe.
