Huygens on Titan

Elspode · 01-15-2005, 08:43 AM

I don't really want to kick off another "are we wasting money on a space program" dialogue. I just want to say that I think that the successful landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's satellite Titan is the coolest thing since sliced bread.

Incidentally, sliced bread would not be possible without the technological advancement known as a "knife".

Beestie · 01-15-2005, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I don't really want to kick off another "are we wasting money on a space program" dialogue. I just want to say that I think that the successful landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's satellite Titan is the coolest thing since sliced bread.

I thought that was the European space agency. Are we helping fund that?? And, more importantly, how long before someone who lives in a trailer park photoshops the image of Elvis or the Virgin Mary into this pic??

wolf · 01-15-2005, 09:31 AM

404Error · 01-15-2005, 11:16 AM

Naw, Radar got there first and sold hotdogs!

...and I don't even live in a trailer park.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2005, 01:59 PM

When are we going to find something we don't have here?

Elspode · 01-15-2005, 08:49 PM

Huygens was ESA's lander, delivered by NASA's (JPL's) Cassini, with data transmitted via Cassini from the surface of Titan.

Group effort, humanity benefits, IMHO.

They may well *have* found something there that we don't have here. An ocean of methane on the surface, for starters. Unless I missed something on my last trip to the beach?

cowhead · 01-16-2005, 09:37 PM

no this whole cassini trip is something I've been watching with quite a bit of interest.. fascinating stuff.. actually I was just about to head off to the nasa site to see if anything new had come up.. and as to the probe piggy-backing on our rocket.. cooooool... I wanna know more... heh as a kid of course I wanted to go into space, however.. heh... well, plan b..no wait...plan c? uh... no hmmm.. anyway! it's in the alphanumeric system somewhere... I don't want to think about it.. damn I need a drink

01-15-2005, 08:43 AM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Huygens on Titan I don't really want to kick off another "are we wasting money on a space program" dialogue. I just want to say that I think that the successful landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's satellite Titan is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Incidentally, sliced bread would not be possible without the technological advancement known as a "knife". __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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01-15-2005, 11:16 AM	#4
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Naw, Radar got there first and sold hotdogs! ...and I don't even live in a trailer park. Attached Images __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

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01-15-2005, 08:49 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Huygens was ESA's lander, delivered by NASA's (JPL's) Cassini, with data transmitted via Cassini from the surface of Titan. Group effort, humanity benefits, IMHO. They may well have found something there that we don't have here. An ocean of methane on the surface, for starters. Unless I missed something on my last trip to the beach? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-16-2005, 09:37 PM	#7
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	no this whole cassini trip is something I've been watching with quite a bit of interest.. fascinating stuff.. actually I was just about to head off to the nasa site to see if anything new had come up.. and as to the probe piggy-backing on our rocket.. cooooool... I wanna know more... heh as a kid of course I wanted to go into space, however.. heh... well, plan b..no wait...plan c? uh... no hmmm.. anyway! it's in the alphanumeric system somewhere... I don't want to think about it.. damn I need a drink __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

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