cal power source,
as Gary suggests.
All this requires considerable robotic autonomy, but we've got a good planet
for experimenting with that, cheaply: our own.
-michael turner
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From: "Gary McMurtry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesd
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 06:13:09PM -0800, Mark Schnitzius wrote:
I keep thinking what a shame it is that the best
battery technology we could muster could still could
This wasn't a radioisotope battery, obviously.
It's a damn shame, the next probe may well get lost.
only give us two hours on th
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 06:13:09PM -0800, Mark Schnitzius wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 06:13:09PM -0800, Mark Schnitzius wrote:
> I keep thinking what a shame it is that the best
> battery technology we could muster could still could
This wasn't a radioisotope battery, obviously.
It's a damn shame, the next probe may well get lost.
> only give us two hou
> >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
--- 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
--- 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
hat
picture is about to be revised again.
-michael turner
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- Original Message -
From:
LARRY KLAES
To: europa
Cc: BioAstro
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:38
PM
Subject: Fw: [esa_general] Stunning
new images of Titan!
- Origi
- Original Message -
From: ESA Portal News
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 6:03 AM
Subject: [esa_general] Stunning new images of Titan!
Stunning new images of Titan including a composite of Titan's
surface seen during the descent of the Huygens probeImages at: http://www.es
