Good luck Huygens
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denLA CANADA, Calif. (Reuters) - A European-designed space probe broke away from its NASA mothership on Friday on a plunge toward the mysterious Saturn moon Titan, starting a journey researchers hope will end with answers about one of the most puzzling bodies in the solar system. Yahoo
The Huygens probe has been released and is heading for Saturn's largest moon, Titan, scientists have confirmed. BBC
The Huygens probe has been released and is heading for Saturn's largest moon, Titan, scientists have confirmed. BBC
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Date: 25 Dec 2004 09:41 (UTC)Seriously, though, it'll be nice to get definite answers on what the hell the dark splotches in the infrared are all over the surface. I should probably be paying more attention to all this, but you know how planetary scientists can just keep droning on about boring stuff...I guess it's to compensate for the fact that they don't get to do fun stuff like us astronomers.