From: ke4zv@bellsouth.net   
      
   On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:47:32 GMT, Chris Schumacher  wrote:   
   >I was wondering if Huygens is actually going to land on Titan, or is simply   
   >going to crash into it, a la the Ranger series?   
      
   According to a NASA briefing I watched, impact velocity is supposed to   
   be on the order of 4 meters per second. They're pretty confident that   
   low a speed won't damage the probe. They say it can float too, so if   
   it lands in a hydrocarbon ocean instead of on what passes for dry land,   
   it should still be ok. The batteries will run down about 2 hours after   
   landing, though, so it won't be able to communicate for long after   
   touchdown.   
      
   Gary   
      
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