Pitty KURT VONNEGUT was not on board the HUYGENS sond. This vista could serve as a front-page illustration of his hilarious, satirical book (VERY-VERY-BRIEF review: the purpose of human civilization is to produce a spart part for an inter-gallactic ship...)
Sizes have been estimated to indicate scale of the features in this image of Titan's surface. The two rock-like objects just below the middle of the image are about 15 centimetres (left) and 4 centimetres (centre) across respectively, at a distance of about 85 centimetres from Huygens. The surface is darker than originally expected. (Credits: ESA/NASA/University of Arizona.)
Vonnegut used to run a car dealership called "Saab Cape Cod" in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, but he failed to sell the Swedish two-stroke SAAB cars, and went into bankruptcy. He has jokingly said that this may be the reason he has never received a Nobel prize... At least they could call the sond "Kurt" or something, but it is the brain-child of ESA (Europeans)...
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