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I can't believe it's been that long since Huygens was sent to Titan. I remember listening to some radio show (NPR?) that was broadcasting the touchdown live.
by dsfyu404ed 7y ago
I can't believe it's been that long since Huygens was sent to Titan. I remember listening to some radio show (NPR?) that was broadcasting the touchdown live.
Also, it's interesting that since they can't study Titan very well visually (you can't point a telescope at it and map the surface like you can with Mars) they're planning on sending a rover that can cover far more distance since they have less idea what will be "interesting" beforehand.
- UncleSlacky 7y agoI worked on prototypes of the experiments in the Surface Science Package at uni in 1991 - boy do I feel old! Even then we were speculating on flying or floating probes for future missions there. At the time it was assumed that the surface could well be entirely liquid.