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Titan's Alien Thunder

Posted by Hemos on from the good-news-if-true dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What is not being reported much about the fascinating Huygens descent to the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is its remarkable microphone. In the silence of space, the probe offers a platform for listening to alien thunder while watching the lightning strike on this alien world--the only moon with an atmosphere thicker than our terrestrial one. The probe detaches from Cassini on Christmas for its atmospheric entry on 14 January 2005. The landing target on Titan borders a bright-dark region thought to be an oil-rich shoreline. Huygens can float for a few hours while still broadcasting if it lands in a lake of oil."

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  1. Re:Fuel-breathing jet engines by curtoid · · Score: 1, Troll

    I don't know if I'd want to fire up a jet engine in a cloud of explosive gases....

  2. Hello by The+Ape+With+No+Name · · Score: 0, Troll

    Network Services can't post to Slashdot

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    Comparing it to Windows will be a moot point, since El Dorado is going to have a 40% larger code base than XP.