Re: First Close Encounter of Saturn's Hazy Moon Titan

From: Jonathan Silverlight (jsilverlight_at_spam.merseia.fsnet.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 11/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:22:23 +0000

In message <I67CA6.A34@spsystems.net>, Henry Spencer
<henry@spsystems.net> writes
>In article <RIjfd.8799$ta5.6157@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
>robert casey <wa2ise@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>Does the Huygens probe use a parachute system similar
>>to Genesis'?

As Huygens is European the pertinent question might be "is it similar to
Beagle 2 ?"

>
>There's only the most superficial similarity.
>
>The people who have real cause for concern are the folks running the
>Stardust mission, which uses a reentry capsule built by the same
>contractor... although there are enough design differences that they're
>hoping theirs will come down okay.
>
>>I've heard (possibly an urban legend) that
>>Genesis' chute deployment circuits where cross wired, or
>>the sensor installed upsidedown...
>
>It looks very much like the G-switches were installed upside down.

We haven't had the final report, AFAIK, but I gather it was much worse -
they were drawn upside down and installed "correctly". 

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