An article was presented in the December 27 Aerospace Daily & Defense
Report stating that NASA is considering a two-year extension to the Cassini mission that would extend the exploration of Saturn and its moons through 2010.
"NASA has given us some additional funding to study what the options would be" for the extra two years, said Bob Mitchell, Cassini program manager the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The spacecraft's lifetime ultimately will be determined by what kind of follow-on mission, if any, is carried out. "If we put together a tour that would look very much like what we're doing now - a Titan flyby every month or so and an icy satellite flyby stuck in here and there - then another two years would probably about run us out of propellant. However, if the spacecraft is placed in a fairly uneventful orbit and dedicated to studying Saturn's ring system, for example, it could likely last years longer." he said.
Deirdre Kelleghan
Saturn Observation Campaign
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
Another wonderful view of Saturn is on link above.
  