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   Brian Thorn to kensu__@hotmail.com   
   Re: Huygens landing.   
   29 Jun 04 20:55:56   
   
   From: bthorn64@cox.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?   
      
   It will descend by parachute. Touchdown should be gentle enough for   
   Huygens to survive on land or float on sea until its battery dies   
   and/or Cassini travels out of communication relay range.   
      
   >And speaking of which, all of Cassini's images seem to be in monochrome.   
   >Doesn't it have a color camera as well?   
      
   Yes. Here is a color image from June 3.   
      
   http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cgi?path=../multimedia/im   
   ges/saturn/images/PIA06060.jpg&type=image   
      
   Watch word wrap.   
      
   Brian   
      
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