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Saving Huygens

Posted by michael on from the dodged-a-bullet dept.

TazMainiac writes "This months IEEE Spectrum is running an article on how a Swedish scientist discovered that the Titan probe Cassini had a communications flaw that would cause it to lose all data sent back from the Huygens lander as it plunges into Titan's atmosphere. The problem - Doppler effect. The fix: go read the article."

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  1. RTFM is the fix? by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    So wait, reading the article will fix the Cassini probe?

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  2. Save yourself from RTA, the fix is: by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 5, Funny

    reversing the polarity of the transponder...
    duh...

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  3. I could have helped out with this by kalpol · · Score: 5, Funny

    I drove a Fiat for years. I could have told them an Italian radio wasn't gonna work. :)

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