Re: NASA TV: Huygens' has survived its landing for at least 1.5 hours

From: Howard Lester (hlester_at_mmto.org)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:55:24 -0700

"canopus56" wrote

> Is there any initial indication which of the two landing scenarios on
> the Cassini website occured, i.e. - touch-down on land or touch-down on
> a "sea"-liquid? - Canopus56

Per the news conference this morning, the initial suggestion is "land,"
considering the probe continued to send data for 2 hours after landing.

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