Re: Surface of Titan in color / Scientists elated with quality of Huygens data

2005-01-16 Thread Michael Turner
Hey, I see a face!  It looks just like the face of this dessert chef I once knew who could whip up an excellent creme brulee   -michael SURFACE OF SATURN'S MOON TITAN REVEALED IN COLORTired and weary after a sleepless night spent so

Re: [esa_general] Stunning new images of Titan!

2005-01-16 Thread Michael Turner
> >I keep thinking what a shame it is that the best > >battery technology we could muster could still could > >only give us two hours on the surface, and that was > >exceeding expectations. > > > >You want a problem that relates to Europa? There's > >a problem that relates to Europa. Gary McMurt

Re: [esa_general] Stunning new images of Titan!

2005-01-16 Thread Gary McMurtry
--- Michael Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This whole Huygens episode considerably exceeded my expectations. I half-expected permanent loss of contact within the atmosphere, or that if it did communicate on the way down, signals would be scrambled, and anyway if it did communicate coher

Re: [esa_general] Stunning new images of Titan!

2005-01-16 Thread Mark Schnitzius
--- Michael Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This whole Huygens episode considerably exceeded my > expectations. I > half-expected permanent loss of contact within the > atmosphere, or that if it > did communicate on the way down, signals would be > scrambled, and anyway if > it did communicat

Re: Huygen's surface images of Titan remind me of Venera 9 and 10

2005-01-16 Thread Mark Schnitzius
I heard somewhere that they think these "rocks" are actually chunks of ice. Can anyone confirm this, or do they even know yet? Also, even if they're rocks, they're large pebbles at best; that prominent rock in the center of the main surface photo is, judging from what I've read, about golf-ball

Biologically Enhanced Energy and Carbon Cycling on Titan?

2005-01-16 Thread LARRY KLAES
Physics, abstractphysics/0501068From: Dirk Schulze-Makuch [view email] Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:09:31 GMT (160kb) Biologically Enhanced Energy and Carbon Cycling on Titan?Authors: D. Schulze-Makuch, D. GrinspoonSubj-class: Biological Physics; Chemical Physics With the Cassini-Huygens Mis

Fw: Surface of Titan in color / Scientists elated with quality of Huygens data

2005-01-16 Thread LARRY KLAES
  - Original Message - From: NewsAlert To: Newsalert Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:20 PM Subject: Surface of Titan in color / Scientists elated with quality of Huygens data     NEWSALERT: Sunday, January 16, 2005 @ 1820 GMT  -

Some amazing amateur processing of the Huygens data

2005-01-16 Thread LARRY KLAES
  http://anthonyliekens.net/index.php/Main/Huygens