[meteorite-list] OT- Signal aquired from Huygens

From: Greg Redfern <gredfern_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 14 17:31:50 2005
Message-ID: <000001c4fa88$d55e9ba0$110110ac_at_DHRYBX21>

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
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html
International Meteorite Collectors Association #5781
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Member Meteoritical Society
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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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