[meteorite-list] OT- Signal aquired from Huygens
Greg Redfern
gredfern at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 14 17:31:46 EST 2005
Hi Sterling, List.
The lander's batteries were designed for 30 minutes....
What a SPECTACULAR mission milestone....the first landing on a planetary
moon other than our own.
Greg Redfern
JPL NASA Solar System Ambassador
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K. Webb
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT- Signal aquired from Huygens
Hi,
First image of Titan's surface shown from ESA via JPL and NASA shows a
dendritic network (a pattern of fluid drainage) running down to what a
appears to be a sea. Image taken at 16,000 meters. Large numbers of images
received (100's).
Probe continued to send images for a very long time after landing.
Blokes who designed the batteries get a medal; they were only supposed to
last for a few minutes.
In fact, medals all around!
Under all that atmospheric blur, complexity! Nothing like a New World!
Sterling K. Webb
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mark ford wrote:
> If the Huygens mission is a success, this bloke deserves a medal in my
> book!
>
> http://www.esa.int/spacecraftops/ESOC-Article-fullArticle_par-40_1103125
> 842574.html
>
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