Huygens Descent On Titan

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

Is this technology really so far ahead of us?? or is it money which stops us

No, it's just the lack of Unobtainium...!

[AndrewJ]

Scott

[TheBlueRaja]

ESA PR 03-2005. Today, after its seven-year journey through the Solar System on board the Cassini spacecraft, ESAââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s Huygens probe has successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturnââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s largest moon, and safely landed on its surface.

The first scientific data arrived at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, this afternoon at 17:19 CET. Huygens is mankindââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s first successful attempt to land a probe on another a world in the outer Solar System. †œThis is a great achievement for Europe and its US partners in this ambitious international endeavour to explore the Saturnian system,ââ‚à ‚¬Ã‚ÂÂÂ� said Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESAââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s Director General.

More here...

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-...1QQ3K3E_0.html

Originally Posted by Russ D

If the current climate is due to global warming, it can be deal with through other methods instead of travelling to other planets and moons.

There are still arguments about that Russ.The fact is we DON'T know everything about this planet yet.We don't have enough recorded information on this planet to know what is happening is exactly what is supposed to happen.We haven't had the means to record holes in the ozone layer for longer than 30 years.It may be that in 100 years or more we may find that what is happening is part of an ongoing cycle of this planet.


I'm with Douglas Adams.I want to know about Life,the Universe and Everything.I don't want to gaze at mud,I want to see the horizon and beyond that the stars.I want my children and my children's children to have the same choices.To have dreams bigger than the world they inhabit.

Coggy.