TheAnvil 0 #1 January 14, 2005 Clicky Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #2 January 14, 2005 Quotesaid it had opened its parachute to slow its descent as it gathers data. Nice to see it worked this time! Very cool....Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #3 January 14, 2005 QuoteEngineers at ESA are counting on the probe having at least three minutes to transmit information and images from Titan's surface, before its battery runs out NASA should like... talk to Duracell or something... that sucks worse than an S series battery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #4 January 14, 2005 QuoteNASA should like cough! ESA, not NASA...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #5 January 14, 2005 ...then they should Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #6 January 14, 2005 Today Saturn...tomorrow......URANUS __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #7 January 14, 2005 Quote The probe floats and should survive such a landing, despite the temperature of minus 292 degrees Fahrenheit. I hope it floats on liquid methane and not just water Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #8 January 14, 2005 QuoteToday Saturn...tomorrow......URANUS Ivan you need to quit thinking about MYANUS! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #9 January 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteEngineers at ESA are counting on the probe having at least three minutes to transmit information and images from Titan's surface, before its battery runs out NASA should like... talk to Duracell or something... that sucks worse than an S series battery. Well they could have put some kind of better power source in the thing. But I wonder if this had anything to do with that: Quote ... it could land in liquid methane, Heh... that would be cool. Someone light a match!it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #10 January 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteEngineers at ESA are counting on the probe having at least three minutes to transmit information and images from Titan's surface, before its battery runs out NASA should like... talk to Duracell or something... that sucks worse than an S series battery. It took the probe 7 years to reach that destination, and the environment there is highly hostile. The Energizer bunny would have given up his drum just a few years out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #11 January 14, 2005 Here's the first pic released: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/cassini/050114pic1.html EDIT: Here's a rehosted image since the original site is down due to getting farked and slashdotted at the same time... http://xs11.xs.to/pics/05025/050114huygens1.jpg--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #12 January 14, 2005 BAH, the site is flooded right now...it'll be back before too long.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #13 January 14, 2005 was watching nasa tv when they showed that pic cant wait to see more.if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #14 January 14, 2005 Another good pic here: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/cassini/050114pic2.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,074 #15 January 14, 2005 >Someone light a match! You need oxygen to burn, though. Useless fact of the day - one of the current proporals for a mars mission involves ISPP, or in situ propellant production. You land with a few tons of liquid hydrogen. You combine hydrogen and atmospheric carbon dioxide to produce methane and water. You split the water to oxygen and hydrogen, store the oxygen, and use the hydrogen to make more methane. After a few months you have an ascent vehicle full of methane and oxygen (good propellants) to take you back to earth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #16 January 14, 2005 Quote>Someone light a match! You need oxygen to burn, though. Useless fact of the day - one of the current proporals for a mars mission involves ISPP, or in situ propellant production. You land with a few tons of liquid hydrogen. You combine hydrogen and atmospheric carbon dioxide to produce methane and water. You split the water to oxygen and hydrogen, store the oxygen, and use the hydrogen to make more methane. After a few months you have an ascent vehicle full of methane and oxygen (good propellants) to take you back to earth. Cool!! -A Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,074 #17 January 14, 2005 Three pictures I've seen so far. One of a landscape remarkably like coastal mountains on earth, and one of a rocky plain with a passing resemblance to mars. It will be interesting to see the rest of the pictures when they're sent back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #18 January 14, 2005 QuoteThree pictures I've seen so far. One of a landscape remarkably like coastal mountains on earth, and one of a rocky plain with a passing resemblance to mars. It will be interesting to see the rest of the pictures when they're sent back. If you'd like some more in depth info - check out our website www.lpl.arizona.eduScars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
