From: schillin@spock.usc.edu   
      
   richard schumacher  writes:   
      
   >Does Huygens not detach from it's chute after touchdown?  It would be   
   >unfortunate if it were dragged by surface winds and so could not return   
   >any surface science.   
      
   Huygens is an atmospheric probe, not a surface science lander.  If we   
   get any surface data, that's fine, but it doesn't justify a mechanism   
   that could misfire and jettison the parachute right after deployment.   
      
      
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