Considering that it would make ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE to shut down a fine working satellite in orbit around a far distant planet (Saturn, in this case): NASA has prudently decisioned to give more funding to the Cassini mission to allow it to continue exploring the fabulous moon and moonlet retinue, as well as the clouds and rings and auroras, and of course the enigmatic carbonic planetoid Titan [and the vapor-spewing Enceladus], all in the Saturnian system.
Sometimes you have to applaud when the government surprises us by doing the sensical thing. So in this case, clap clap clap clap clap.
Cassini Equinox Mission: Hello, Saturn Summer Solstice - Cassini's New Chapter
The extension goes to 2017, so there won't be any year-to-year cliffhanging drama about mission extension funds for quite awhile.
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