From: andreww@headfirst.co.uk   
      
   "dexx"  wrote in message   
   news:1105885111.638247.89710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...   
   > Is it true that Huygens ceased transmission less than 2 hours after   
   > touchdown? Whilst it was a magnificent achievement to travel so far and   
   > land perfectly, it seems a great shame that the probe was so short   
   > lived.  I'm suprised the designers didnt make it rugged enough and   
   > powered enough to survive several days.   
   >   
      
   There would have been no point - Huygens was dependent on Cassini for   
   communications with Earth, and Cassini passed below Titan's horizon within   
   hours of the landing - and later was out of range.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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