Huygens Wind Experiment Salvaged

SeaDour writes "Earlier, it was reported that the data from a critical wind speed experiment onboard the Huygens probe to Titan was completely lost due to someone forgetting to turn on one of Cassini's communications channels. However, it now appears that ground-based radio telescopes from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory were able to record the transmission's many subtle doppler shifts and reconstruct that lost wind data. The winds altered the probe's horizontal rate of descent, thereby producing a change in the frequency of the signal received on Earth. Additionally, the resolution of the radio telescopes was good enough to track Huygen's position to within one kilometer, allowing for the creation of a three-dimensional model of Huygen's descent."

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Re:R.E.S.P.E.C.T. !

[Teun]

I could have moderated you down but I rather explain why I think you are wrong.

In the present case it is scientists that are applauded, not politicians or soldiers.
When the US get scoffed by non-Americans it usually is because of actions by these last two categories of USAsians.
Not because they are soldier or politician but because the actions they take show little or no R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for the opinion of the rest of the world.

Well, at least since about four years ago...