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Originally posted by aarchaon
I like the mental imagery that this last paragraph gave me, of a hauntingly beautiful, alien landscape totally at odds with what is familiar to me. I find it extremely hard to fathom what it would be like to even see these things, rather than try to imagine actually being there. It just goes to show how insignificant we Earthlings really are in the grand scheme of things.
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
Huygens will be traveling at 12,400 mph when it hits Titan's atmosphere, but a series of parachutes will brake its descent, so that when it finally touches down it should be traveling no faster than 15 mph.
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It's fuckin great stuff aint it?
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