Comments on: Probe’s landing reveals Titan’s surface http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/probes-rocky-landing-reveals-titans-surface/ Research news from leading universities Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: nerf herder http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/probes-rocky-landing-reveals-titans-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-359122 nerf herder Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=177262#comment-359122 d.r. - Thanks, I thought that was the case as well, but couldn't remember for sure. Bruce - The landing was the interesting part, as far as determining surface composition goes. There were also pictures and other data taken after the landing (and during descent), but that was not part of this study. Go to NASA and research it if you want more information, but don't take away from what these people did in their study. d.r. – Thanks, I thought that was the case as well, but couldn’t remember for sure.

Bruce – The landing was the interesting part, as far as determining surface composition goes. There were also pictures and other data taken after the landing (and during descent), but that was not part of this study. Go to NASA and research it if you want more information, but don’t take away from what these people did in their study.

]]> By: d.r. http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/probes-rocky-landing-reveals-titans-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-336502 d.r. Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:05:47 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=177262#comment-336502 Hey, futurity -- watch your units. You write: "the probe weighed only 60 pounds or 28 kilograms on Titan." Pounds, yes. Kilograms, no. Kilograms are a mass measurement, and won't be different on Titan. Weight (in pounds or Newtons) varies with the gravitational acceleration and thus will be different. Hey, futurity — watch your units. You write: “the probe weighed only 60 pounds or 28 kilograms on Titan.” Pounds, yes. Kilograms, no. Kilograms are a mass measurement, and won’t be different on Titan. Weight (in pounds or Newtons) varies with the gravitational acceleration and thus will be different.

]]> By: Tony McManus http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/probes-rocky-landing-reveals-titans-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-336352 Tony McManus Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:56:37 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=177262#comment-336352 I am ever amazed at the conditions we find in our solar system. It will be interesting to see further discoveries. I would have thought there would not be atmosphere enough to support a pararchute landing on Titan, but science has crept up on me many times in my life. I am ever amazed at the conditions we find in our solar system. It will be interesting to see further discoveries. I would have thought there would not be atmosphere enough to support a pararchute landing on Titan, but science has crept up on me many times in my life.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/probes-rocky-landing-reveals-titans-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-336172 Bruce Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:32:59 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=177262#comment-336172 So, basically the only data we've got is the one gathered while the probe was crashing down. how about after it settled? or that was never the plan? So, basically the only data we’ve got is the one gathered while the probe was crashing down. how about after it settled? or that was never the plan?

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