From: rgarrison1@nc.rr.com   
      
   "Chris Schumacher"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9516E7DB612F9kensuhotmailcom@207.115.63.158...   
   > 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?   
      
   No, it's definitely supposed to soft-land. It's not certain, however, how   
   the process will go. There are even supposed to be microphones to pick up   
   sounds, and lights to light things up near the end of the landing! But what   
   happens during landing, and shortly after, depends on what it lands on.   
   Rock, ice, a methane ocean--no one really knows.   
      
   > And speaking of which, all of Cassini's images seem to be in monochrome.   
   > Doesn't it have a color camera as well?   
      
   At least one of the cameras is in color. (There are also IR and UV   
   capabilities.) However, some of the objects it photographs don't have much   
   color to being with--Phoebe, for instance.   
      
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