Huygens News Thread, News as and when we find it |
Huygens News Thread, News as and when we find it |
 Jan 14 2005, 09:57 AM
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Nasa TV will be starting coverage in about 3 mins - but I'm watching multiple TV channels to see if any carry coverage - and will post any news thru the day as it happens
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Jan 14 2005, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE I just sat in on a status report meeting and they mentioned that Channel A did not downlink and this would cause the loss of half of the DISR images Aren't channel A & B redundant channels for Huygens to transmit the same data? |
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djellison Huygens News Thread Jan 14 2005, 09:57 AM
chris There goes my productivity today :-) Jan 14 2005, 10:00 AM djellison Signal detected - it's survived entry
Doug Jan 14 2005, 10:35 AM djellison It's on the parachute and a signal is still be... Jan 14 2005, 10:59 AM Sunspot I wonder if they will still be able to pick up the... Jan 14 2005, 11:11 AM TheChemist QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jan 14 2005, 01:11 PM)... Jan 14 2005, 11:46 AM YesRushGen According to NASA's coverage schedule, we were... Jan 14 2005, 11:50 AM TheChemist According to the latest commentary, the signal is ... Jan 14 2005, 12:53 PM Bjorn Jonsson It seems Huygens landed between 13:35 and 13:36 CE... Jan 14 2005, 01:36 PM BruceMoomaw It's been confirmed that Huygens has survived ... Jan 14 2005, 01:37 PM Bill Harris Are there any mirror sites for the ESA and CICLOPS... Jan 14 2005, 01:40 PM BruceMoomaw As of 6:03 AM (about 90 minutes after landing), Hu... Jan 14 2005, 02:04 PM Bjorn Jonsson Huygens was still transmitting as its landing site... Jan 14 2005, 03:11 PM Baltic QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Jan 14 2005, 03:11 PM)... Jan 14 2005, 03:30 PM TheChemist Great ! Just like the MERs, power is not a pro... Jan 14 2005, 03:59 PM Baltic QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jan 14 2005, 03:59 PM)Gre... Jan 14 2005, 04:04 PM volcanopele Is it still the case that the Earth-based tracking... Jan 14 2005, 04:06 PM volcanopele They're clapping. That's a good sign. Jan 14 2005, 04:20 PM Bjorn Jonsson Seems some servers are swamped now, I hear only oc... Jan 14 2005, 04:24 PM Sunspot FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2005
1619 GMT (11:19 a.m. EST)... Jan 14 2005, 04:29 PM M_Welander At the moment I've found this webcast to be of... Jan 14 2005, 04:30 PM Sunspot Three thumbs up...thats got to be a good sign lol Jan 14 2005, 04:34 PM Baltic Damn, I can't see or hear anything from the ne... Jan 14 2005, 04:45 PM Sunspot I've been watching it here: http://www.uniteds... Jan 14 2005, 04:49 PM M_Welander I've found a really good webcast now:
http://... Jan 14 2005, 04:51 PM Sunspot The sound on mine has gone.....whats the latest? Jan 14 2005, 04:57 PM Bjorn Jonsson I heard a short burst of sound - seems all the exp... Jan 14 2005, 04:58 PM tedstryk Something occured to me...will the Huygens data re... Jan 14 2005, 05:01 PM M_Welander They believe they have got all the data from all e... Jan 14 2005, 05:11 PM Mongo Second try with this post ... the first try seems ... Jan 14 2005, 05:14 PM M_Welander The first images could be made available in a litt... Jan 14 2005, 05:19 PM volcanopele QUOTE (M_Welander @ Jan 14 2005, 10:11 AM)The... Jan 14 2005, 05:24 PM Baltic QUOTE (M_Welander @ Jan 14 2005, 04:51 PM)I... Jan 14 2005, 05:28 PM volcanopele The "fog" light on Disr came on Jan 14 2005, 05:33 PM imran QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 14 2005, 05:24 PM)QU... Jan 14 2005, 05:40 PM volcanopele QUOTE (imran @ Jan 14 2005, 10:40 AM)Are you ... Jan 14 2005, 05:48 PM azstrummer Well, half's better than none. Shame the loss... Jan 14 2005, 05:49 PM Bjorn Jonsson That's weird, I understood A and B were redund... Jan 14 2005, 05:51 PM volcanopele QUOTE (pioneer @ Jan 14 2005, 10:52 AM)QUOTE ... Jan 14 2005, 05:55 PM pioneer Perhaps I'm thinking of the Galileo atmospheri... Jan 14 2005, 06:03 PM DavidVicari QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 14 2005, 05:55 PM)As... Jan 14 2005, 06:04 PM john_s This statement doesn't sound like half the ima... Jan 14 2005, 06:11 PM volcanopele QUOTE (DavidVicari @ Jan 14 2005, 11:04 AM)QU... Jan 14 2005, 06:11 PM M_Welander From what I've understood, the physical channe... Jan 14 2005, 06:12 PM azstrummer Ah man, wouldn't you know Sean O'Keefe wou... Jan 14 2005, 06:14 PM Mongo One of the questions during the ESA press conferen... Jan 14 2005, 06:20 PM volcanopele QUOTE (Mongo @ Jan 14 2005, 11:20 AM)One of t... Jan 14 2005, 06:30 PM tedstryk The good news is that other than doppler wind data... Jan 14 2005, 06:37 PM gpurcell Ugh. This sounds bad for the DISR images.
How is... Jan 14 2005, 06:40 PM trev During the entire descent, Huygens will capture an... Jan 14 2005, 06:49 PM volcanopele QUOTE (gpurcell @ Jan 14 2005, 11:40 AM)Ugh. ... Jan 14 2005, 06:50 PM volcanopele QUOTE (trev @ Jan 14 2005, 11:49 AM)During th... Jan 14 2005, 06:53 PM tedstryk The first pictures of Titan's surface will be ... Jan 14 2005, 07:02 PM tedstryk Does anyone know how the DISR images are to be con... Jan 14 2005, 07:30 PM djellison Is the A-channel totally borked - is itt just a bi... Jan 14 2005, 07:31 PM volcanopele QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 14 2005, 12:30 PM)Does ... Jan 14 2005, 07:33 PM tedstryk Yes, but do you mean 360 panoramas or shorter pano... Jan 14 2005, 07:36 PM djellison Consider it like MER. As I see it - you'd have... Jan 14 2005, 07:42 PM tedstryk Looks like channels!!!! Jan 14 2005, 08:03 PM Sunspot A shoreline? River channels?
http://www.spacefli... Jan 14 2005, 08:05 PM Bjorn Jonsson That DISR image I just saw was much sharper than I... Jan 14 2005, 08:06 PM volcanopele HOLY CRAP!!!!! Jan 14 2005, 08:07 PM Bjorn Jonsson Can't wait to see more images. WOW !! Jan 14 2005, 08:08 PM pioneer The dark, smooth part on the right looks like a la... Jan 14 2005, 08:10 PM David I want to say that that image literally brought te... Jan 14 2005, 08:16 PM djellison I was the same. It sent shivers down my spine - it... Jan 14 2005, 08:21 PM volcanopele QUOTE (David @ Jan 14 2005, 01:16 PM)I want t... Jan 14 2005, 08:25 PM volcanopele other possibilities that are coming up are volcani... Jan 14 2005, 08:27 PM Roby72 First image from surface !!!!... Jan 14 2005, 08:28 PM Pando First image from the surface!
http://www.esa.... Jan 14 2005, 08:29 PM djellison Looks like the bastard love child of Venus and Mar... Jan 14 2005, 08:34 PM Baltic A shoreline? Out there? Okay, it's bitterly co... Jan 14 2005, 08:36 PM djellison From John Zarniki (sorry about the spelling)
3 hr... Jan 14 2005, 08:38 PM SFJCody Wow, look how rounded those cobbles are! Maybe... Jan 14 2005, 08:38 PM djellison Yeah - a thick atmosphere might give a slight bit ... Jan 14 2005, 08:39 PM David QUOTE looks like a delta to me
I can't believ... Jan 14 2005, 08:39 PM Bill Harris QUOTE A shoreline? River channels?
http://www.spa... Jan 14 2005, 08:43 PM David QUOTE (Baltic @ Jan 14 2005, 08:36 PM)A shore... Jan 14 2005, 08:43 PM tedstryk It sure reminds me of the Venera 9 pan. Superfici... Jan 14 2005, 08:43 PM SFJCody Triplets posted! Jan 14 2005, 08:47 PM David QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 14 2005, 08:43 PM)It su... Jan 14 2005, 08:50 PM Roby72 Cody, what did you mean with triplets ? Image mosa... Jan 14 2005, 08:53 PM SFJCody Click on the link above. Jan 14 2005, 08:54 PM azstrummer Wow, quite a hazy trip down it appears. Some of t... Jan 14 2005, 08:55 PM David QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jan 14 2005, 08:47 PM)Triple... Jan 14 2005, 08:55 PM YesRushGen HOLY COW.
I'm completely speechless with t... Jan 14 2005, 08:59 PM volcanopele wow, I just got back from looking at those
Certa... Jan 14 2005, 09:04 PM David QUOTE (YesRushGen @ Jan 14 2005, 08:59 PM)HOL... Jan 14 2005, 09:04 PM SFJCody Compare these...
[The one in the centre] Jan 14 2005, 09:05 PM tedstryk Two questions....are those compressed versions of ... Jan 14 2005, 09:12 PM Mongo There are many more photos to come. During the ES... Jan 14 2005, 09:19 PM djellison I'm just going to go "wtf" for a whi... Jan 14 2005, 09:24 PM estrand Just playing with brightness/contrast on some of t... Jan 14 2005, 09:34 PM Fred Go here: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~kholso/jpeg/ ... Jan 14 2005, 09:34 PM djellison Is it feasable that it landed in a small puddle?
... Jan 14 2005, 09:34 PM M_Welander I find it interesting that we see plenty of smalle... Jan 14 2005, 09:35 PM Fred QUOTE (M_Welander @ Jan 14 2005, 09:35 PM)I f... Jan 14 2005, 09:40 PM M_Welander You're right, of course. That was stupid of me... Jan 14 2005, 09:42 PM
David QUOTE (Fred @ Jan 14 2005, 09:40 PM)What look... Jan 14 2005, 09:50 PM |
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