[Gllug] OT: Huygens probe on the surface and still operating

[Ian Norton]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 06:41:19PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:
> Is there some conspiracy protecting the Huygens images?  AFAICS
> they've released precisely 3 images -- well OK, a few more if you
> count the fact that the images released are composites stitched
> together.  The last image was released 3 days ago.  Any idea where to
> find the latest ones?  Did they find E.T. or something?
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/index.html
> 
> Rich.

afaik the huygens lander was only designed to operate for 3hrs on the
surface

it had to have a hefty transmitter to cut thru the atmosphere.
it is well and truly offline now as 3hrs of transmission will have
drained the batteries fully,

the mars landers have solar panels to draw power, i doubt there is much
useful light for solar cells on huygen's big rock :-)

Ian


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