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The Forgotten Huygens Experiment

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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  1. Opps by odioalsoco · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I hate when that happens

  2. Re:How is this news?????? by Mikmorg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I didn't 'know this since a fuckin' week.' Don't you realize some of us lazy people wait till it appears on /. to read the news? :)

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