Nate Duehr wrote:
> Mike Hord wrote:
> 
>> Right on.  Per NPR, the temperature inside Huygens was "room temp"
>> even after it touched down.  In fact, Huygens continued operating and
>> transmitting data FAR longer than expected; so long, in fact, that 
>> rotation
>> of Titan carried it out of range of Cassini.  Upsetting, since more data
>> is always better, but at least we know that we got the maximum bang
>> for our Euro (since it was an ESA program, after all ;-)).
> 
> 
> Considering the flight crew "forgot" to turn on the second data 
> transmitter, exactly half the data possible was lost due to human error.

Oops, corrections after reading more carefully in my linked articles. 
One of the receivers on Cassini was off, not the transmitter on Huygen 
due to miscommunication between NASA and ESA.

They are now trying to piece together as much of the "lost" data as 
possible from the many radiotelescopes that were pointed toward Titan as 
"backup" receivers.

Sounds like most are hopeful that most of the data was not completely 
lost.  It'll be interesting to see how much of it they can piece together.

Nate Duehr, nate@natetech.com
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