Huygens...

[PMC]

Am waiting with baited breath...

The last news I've heard is that Huygens was confirmed as having descended into Titan's atmosphere.  It's shed it's heat shield and deployed it's parachute as a beacon signal has been transmitted to Cassini.

Touchdown should have occurred at 13:34(ish) GMT and any data would be relayed via Cassini.  At 14:44 GMT, Huygens will not longer be in contact with Cassini and will have completed it's mission.  At 15:14 GMT, Cassini will aim it's antenna at Earth and the first data should be transmitted...  (all above times factoring in the 67 minutes it takes for radio signal to reach Earth).  

The waiting continues...  Am actually very excited, I missed the moon landings by four and three quarter years, was two when Viking landed on Mars so this will be the first time I will see data coming in from an virgin world as it happens.  

[whabang]

Touchdown has been confirmed. Data is apparently being transmitted now!

[PMC]

Probably taking lots of close up shots of curious Titanians, scratching their heads and pointing upwards...?

Maybe it's bobbing about in an oily sea?

Could it even be sitting on a rocky outcrop taking breathtaking pics of a vivid orange sky with a faint view of Saturn setting on the horizon?

Or else it's being asked by Titanian Customs and Excise if it's got anything to declare?

[Star69]

PMC wrote:
Or else it's being asked by Titanian Customs and Excise if it's got anything to declare?

 :laugh:

[JaXanim]

First pictures of the Titan terrain Here.

JaX

[Karlos]

The aerial photographs during the descent sure seem to confirm the presence of liquids on the surface.

[odin]

:banana:  :banana:  :banana:  :banana:!!!!111!!!!!111

[cecilia]

Karlos wrote:
The aerial photographs during the descent sure seem to confirm the presence of liquids on the surface.

yup, it seems to be methane.

(I suppose this will really boast Mr. Methane's career!)

Apparently the soft landing will produce alot more pics than they had hoped for. yeah!
yes, it's time for....dance de banan

 :banana:

[Doobrey]

whabang wrote:
Touchdown has been confirmed. Data is apparently being transmitted now!

Woohoo.. it travelled over 1bn miles, landed safely and is working well.
 On the other hand, my car breaks down every 8000 miles, and I can`t get a ruddy signal on my mobile when I set foot outside the house :pissed:  ..not fair

[whabang]

Doobrey wrote:
Woohoo.. it travelled over 1bn miles, landed safely and is working well.
 On the other hand, my car breaks down every 8000 miles, and I can`t get a ruddy signal on my mobile when I set foot outside the house :pissed:  ..not fair

:lol:

[Karlos]

cecilia wrote:

Karlos wrote:
The aerial photographs during the descent sure seem to confirm the presence of liquids on the surface.

yup, it seems to be methane.

(I suppose this will really boast Mr. Methane's career!)

An ocean of fart. How delightful :-D

[Speelgoedmannetje]

first pictures already available:




I wonder when they find some pots n kettles and some parts of an engine on the photo :-?

[JaXanim]

Blimey! This sure looks like a shoreline to me!

JaX

[blobrana]

Hum,
I guess that it`s a tar lake...

http://www.geocities.com/amigarana/huygens.html (sorted now)

Wow! Bandwidth overload!

(new site)

http://members.lycos.co.uk/blobrana2/huygens.html

[JaXanim]

@blobrana

Lake Bitumen. Stick around. Take a cool, cleansing ethane shower and sample the joys of cryovolcanism. Or for those who can't make the trip, enjoy the armchair views from a ninehundred million miles. Amazing eh?

JaX