Huygens Descent Onto Titan Countdown

[Winston]

Turns out it's not a continuous broadcast.

Next time they're on is from 5:00-6:15 a.m. EST (10:00-11:15 a.m. GMT).

/me twiddles thumbs

[Frozzy]

So what's up with the name?

[floppy_lobster]

The little UFO made in europe is gonna be the furthest object to land ever made by humans. Good luck little guy! They say if you had a good enough telescope you would see a pun point of light when it enters titans atmosphere.

I wanted to check it out with mine. But titan looks no bigger then a half a dime 10 feet away in my scope. Saturn is too glarry and it took forever to find which was what. stupid saturn was so obvouis tonight above luna

[Winston]

Originally posted by Kalius
So what's up with the name?

It's named after the Dutch astronomer who first discovered Titan in the 17th century.

[Ben Kenobi]

Not long now.

Broadcast should resume in 10 minutes.

[laurentius]

I'm watching this right now. Did the Nasa guys forgot to turn their micks on?

[shammy]

Seems so.. no audio. Grr

[Ben Kenobi]

what are they showing?

I can't get Nasa TV to work.

[shammy]

They are showing an interview with the people involved. If you arent getting nasa tv to work.. have you tried all the alternative sources? I always use KSC link, it seems to be reliable.

NASA TV other sources

[Ben Kenobi]

nm.

Figured it out.

[Winston]

Audio is back.

They're talking with mission people about the probe and the expected conditions on Titan.

Have you tried both the RealPlayer and WMP version? The RealPlayer stream works ok for me.

Edit: Great, you got it to work.

[Winston]

This guy is French I believe.

[Ben Kenobi]

Wish they had freakin' captioning though.

No sound card on this computer.

[Winston]

Woot!

First signal received from Huygens, confirming that systems have been turned on, and that its descent is proceeding as planned. (This is 66 minutes delayed of course).

[Ben Kenobi]

Pretty remarkable to have a hour-long delay between transmissions.