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The Forgotten Huygens Experiment

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 20, 2005 @10:59PM from the bit-flips-of-ill-fortune dept.

jdray writes "An experiment onboard the Huygens probe didn't run as planned because someone forgot to turn it on. The team lead for the experiment has put eighteen years of his life into the project, just to watch it not happen after a seven year ride to its destination on Titan."

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Sounds like... by adlaiff6 · 2005-01-20 23:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...ED.

"...the Huygens probe didn't run as planned because someone forgot to turn it on...The team lead for the experiment has put eighteen years of his life into the project, just to watch it not happen after a seven year ride to its destination...."