probe,titan,huygens Huygens' Probe Landing on Titan

Huygens' Probe Landing on Titan

posted by dag

3 years 7 months ago • 1550 views

tags: probe, titan, huygens

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Looks pretty Mars-like to me, but that could just be the artificial colour.

written by dag

| 3 years 7 months ago | CH

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So does NASA need all the little cute noises and blinking lights to keep there attention?

I don't think it's mars. The terrain looks totally different but the color is dead on.

written by PhunkyChicken

| 3 years 7 months ago | CH

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very interesting interface...probably unusual enough for most people to get confused and skip this clip without really seeing what is going on.

the sounds and the color highlights are mostly likely there to help emphasize where the data is coming from and how often the updates are received.

written by ivanpetrov

| 3 years 7 months ago | CH

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ze zounds are explained here http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=655

written by deathcow

| 3 years 6 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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This is simply amazing. The conveyance of data via sound is just genius, and so is the visual reconstruction. This made me very happy.

written by Farhad2000

| 2 years 10 months ago | CH

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it almost sounds like its crying in a really screwed up fun house. still very beautiful view of the console and all the weird stats flying up on screen

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This deserves far more votes then this... *promote

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written by siftbot

| 2 years 10 months ago | CH

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Here's something I REALLY don't understand. Why can't NASA place a REALLY good digital video camera on board, with internal memory that records the descent and or the touchdown site after the probe has landed? You know.. something with REAL colors, and at least 30FPS (I'm not even gonna say HD image quality, because that would be pushing it).
I know that the data transfers must be really slow between the probe and earth, so a video or picture takes a long time. But if the camera could have several gig's of internal memory (and let's face it... how big would a camera really be with the technology they must have access to?)
And records to the internal memory, and after it stops recording, it starts trasfering the data. Even if it takes days to download a 1gb video, I'm sure it would beat these really crappy images.
I know I'm being stupid... but does any of you know why something like that is never done?

written by EMPIRE | 2 years 10 months ago | CH

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The constant wine you hear is the connection strength (Bottom right corner line). so when it dies its over. Mainly because of the atmosphere that's why not to mention its Saturn's moon not the moon. The connection died after about what 44 seconds. Even the best of the 4g wireless cant do that. It was launched on October 15, 1997 and got in orbit of Saturn's moon Titan on July 1, 2004 and the probe was dropped January 14, 2005 and lasted on the surface a total of 44 seconds before connection loss. They drop probes like this before they land rovers if ever. It takes 2 years to get to Mars by the way and yes the ultra high res camera's they have on that have sent back a ton of great pic's and some small video. And there was no colour change mentioned by NASA for this video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini-Huygens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28moon%29

written by Tracon | 2 years 10 months ago | CH

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Can everyone please stop saying NASA... it was a joint NASA, ESA and ASI mission.

written by Farhad2000

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that is awesome!! love the sounds.

written by phelixian

| 2 years 9 months 1 week ago | CH

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*promote

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| 2 years 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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this is fantastic. the obsessive-compulsive in me was getting twitchy waiting for that upper right chunk to fill in.

written by berticus

| 2 years 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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*spacey

written by jonny

| 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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nice spelling jonny

*spacy

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*promote

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written by siftbot

| 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I can't believe that I'm the only one who noticed the footprints at the end, Far

left

picture!

Is that the moon landing????

written by Peroxide | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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the man doesn't know his left from his right.

written by Spoon_Gouge | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28moon%29

there are many factors why the images are low quality, they where designed in the early 90's. low power consumption requirements and atmospheric conditions too. it's like a billion km away.

written by 8727 | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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*science

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*promote

written by Farhad2000