Then and now
Going from the Neolithic to now the successful landing of the Huygens Probe on Saturn’s moon Titan is trés cool in more ways than one! I’ve been keeping waiting for this for several days now.
A European probe has landed on Saturn’s moon Titan a mysterious satellite that has perplexed astronomers for decades.
Built by the European Space Agency (ESA), the 705-pound (320-kilogram) Huygens probe landed on Titan between 7:45-7:46 a.m. EST (1245-1246 GMT) and apparently began beaming at least some data to NASA’s Cassini orbiter for later transmission to Earth.
11:40: Huygens worked “beautifully” according to ESA Director-General Jean-Jacque Dordain.“The morning was good, the afternoon is better,” Dordain said. “We have a scientific success.”
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Comment from Kate S.
Time: 1/15/2005, 12:47 pm
Haha, Stu! I didn’t even make that connection! Good one. Yay for ESA! I was so excited about this, I’m now suffering from post-landing depression, in Titanic proportion.
Comment from Stu Savory
Time: 1/15/2005, 10:47 am
The Beatles as TITANic predictors
Beatles’s - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Lines 1 & 2
“Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and MARMALADE SKIES!!!”