XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.astro   
   From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <41edc127$0$29413$c0de7616@dsl.net>,   
   George William Herbert  wrote:   
   >If it had landed on very very solid strong material,   
   >it would probably have broken...   
   >If it landed in a liquid with enough sideways velocity   
   >or tilt, I think it would have tipped over...   
      
   Add to this:  if it had landed intact but tipped up at a substantial tilt,   
   nothing dire would have happened to it... but Cassini wouldn't have been   
   able to hear it.  The antenna wasn't fully omnidirectional:  it put most   
   of the transmitter output out nearly horizontally.   
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