huygens probe landing this morning

[silverpig]

Heh, the esa images page is getting HAMMERED.

 

[shimsham]

looks like the conference is starting.

 

[silverpig]

Dammit. Gotta go to class. Argh.

 

[shimsham]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Heh, the esa images page is getting HAMMERED.

so is the nasatv stream. down to 20Kb/s

 

[shimsham]

images coming

 

[Gibsons]

Looks like a shoreline with some sort of river/drainage system.

 

[shimsham]

Originally posted by: Gibsons
Looks like a shoreline with some sort of river/drainage system.

yah, i cant wait to see all the pics. they have roughly 350.

 

[MySoS]

Did the U.S pay for any of the probe. I know the U.S paid 2.3 billion for the mission and EU paid 500 million but how did that break down into what things.

 

[Xenon]

Raw unprocessed image

 

[shimsham]

Originally posted by: Xenon
Raw unprocessed image

:beer:thanks!

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: Xenon
Raw unprocessed image

Cool! :beer:

 

[Xenon]

And another raw image. Looks icy.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
It would be really cool if we get a nice feed of a nice plain landscape and then we see these two eyes pop out from behind a rock..


Suddenly, from the depth ofthe midst that had surrounded us, you see a twitching figure. As time passes, you notice that it is approaching. As the figure gets closer, you realize jsut how far it is and how fast it is traveling.

Then you notcie the size of the thing.

Suddenly the red in its eyes becomes visible.

IT reaches the area quickly and makes mince meat of the probe while the camera captures it all.

In the end, the video is flickering on and off, but the audio is clear as day.

All you hear is a piercingly low growl as it mucnhes at the camera.

Then, white snow.


[/Stephen King mode]

That's better than anything King has written in 10 years.

 

[43st]

Very cool!

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
It would be really cool if we get a nice feed of a nice plain landscape and then we see these two eyes pop out from behind a rock..


Suddenly, from the depth ofthe midst that had surrounded us, you see a twitching figure. As time passes, you notice that it is approaching. As the figure gets closer, you realize jsut how far it is and how fast it is traveling.

Then you notcie the size of the thing.

Suddenly the red in its eyes becomes visible.

IT reaches the area quickly and makes mince meat of the probe while the camera captures it all.

In the end, the video is flickering on and off, but the audio is clear as day.

All you hear is a piercingly low growl as it mucnhes at the camera.

Then, white snow.


[/Stephen King mode]

That's better than anything King has written in 10 years.

While I tend to agree....Dark Tower series?

 

[Kaervak]

Man this is awesome, it never ceases to amaze me what NASA and others can do. I hope I live long enough to see space/planetary travel become reality.

 

[hevnsnt]

I really know nothing about this..
[edit found my own answers]

When did we launch this?
15 October 1997

What are we looking for?
Data from Cassini and Huygens may offer clues about how life began on Earth

Are we going to find life?

 

[Ken g6]

Looks like the NASA server is overloaded.

There were several images on this site, but they disappeared.:|

Fortunately, I saved a few.

triplet.541.jpg (the liquid channels)
triplet.436.jpg (one I haven't seen elsewhere - probably because it's more boring)
triplet.2.jpg (the rocks)

 

[Chaotic42]

Ah, what a great day to be an astronomy nerd.

 

[shimsham]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Ah, what a great day to be an astronomy nerd.

no doubt.:beer:

thanks for the links ken. i hadnt seen triplet.2.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I really know nothing about this..
[edit found my own answers]

When did we launch this?
15 October 1997

What are we looking for?
Data from Cassini and Huygens may offer clues about how life began on Earth

Are we going to find life?

No, it's too cold. It's around -298F. They say it's the same environment of early earth frozen in time. It's too cold for the necessary chemical reactions to take place.

 

[Ken g6]

Good morning! NASA's being too slow, so apparently some amateurs have put together some mosaics of the Huygens images.

You can also get a zipfile of all the raw images from that site.

 

[Fritzo]

Their site isn't much better