Tuesday, January 18, 2005

This is Truly Fantastic

We have landed a probe on another planet's moon! And we got pictures of it! RedNova News - Huygens Landed with a 'Splat'

When I watched the flash animation of the still photos shot during the landing sequence, a smile lit up my face. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has long been considered one of the few planets in the solar system that might have conditions that MIGHT support life as we know it... or a reasonable facsimile. It was fascinating to watch the terrain of Titan in the photos; you could see coastlines! It looked a lot like Earth!

I gotta hand it to the scientists involved on this project: Good Job!

More later...
Paul

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