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01-14-2006, 10:17 PM flstarlady Joined on 05-25-2005 Tallahazee, FL Posts 77 Today's Anniversary - Jan. 14th Can you believe it was just a year ago this morning that the Huygens probe landed on Titan?  I remember how excited I was, checking the NASA and ESA websites every 10 minutes for pictures and updates.   Amazing.....now we hardly even pay attention to the flybys of the biggest moons, and those have generated some pretty astounding pictures.  I still think the one with the big 'seam' around the middle looks like a construct!  So on Tuesday, we're off to Pluto (hopefully) and we'll be anxiously awaiting the arrival information on New Horizons... oh, about 9 years or so from now!!!  And tonite we wait for StarDust, hoping it's parachute system doesn't play like Genesis' (same system, too), which crashed in the desert.   Aaahhhh, pieces of the Kuiper Belt. Jan  Twinkle twinkle little star . . How I've wondered what we are . . Now I know you're made of dust . . Now I know you're just like us . . Twinkle twinkle, oh so far . . Now I know I am a star. Anonymous    Report

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