Titan

[fluffymark]

First signal from Huygens as it parachutes down to Titan. *excitednoises*

Very pretty day - my RAINBOW generator works!! Fills the house full of sparkly pretty rainbows. *squeeeeeeeeeeeee*

And Angel Sanctuary is the prettiest Manga. Ever. Just because.

AND I'm going to Cambridge this evening for the weekend *bighappygrin*.

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[vierasesine.livejournal.com]

First signal from Huygens as it parachutes down to Titan.

Whee! ^_^

[fluffymark]

*wheeeeeeeeeeeeee* lots and lots

Was at at talk on Tuesday about Hugens and some Very Serious Scientists were discussing what data could still be collected if the parachute got snagged on a tree on the way down.

A tree.

What are they expecting down there???

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Some Very Serious people do take the possibility of life on Titan seriously. The exobiology group at NASA Ames apparently did some calculations that showed that it was at least a *bit* plausible. Obviously nothing water based, but there are likely to be plenty of liquid hydrocarbons around, and plenty of interesting chemistry, albeit in slow motion compared to Earth's due to the low temperatures. I think trees might be pushing it a bit, but you never know until you go and look!

This is being a *very long* afternoon...

[fluffymark]

A pervading cocktail of sludge, no doubt. With Great Cthulhu sleeping in the depths. Or something.

[fluffymark]

Huygens transmits for 2 hours. Hooray! A success!

They've not yet got the data, but they've seen it being transmitted to Cassini, which should now pass it back to Earth. *bounce*