Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to internal government memo

Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by yellow_lead on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:11AM (#36415005)

Just add a line. It's only 2 miles.

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by prox on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:51AM (#36415236)

Apparently having a tether is not a bad option. So what’s the reason they didn’t go for it?

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by atoav on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:38AM (#36415566)

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by avereveard on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:23AM (#36415454)

Possibly because they were closing in a wreck and a tether can get snagged

And I guess they were doing very close flyby, visibility down there is real bad.

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by wingworks on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:37AM (#36415560)

yep, they have to get pretty close to see much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCwg2h7i4Ac

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by darkteflon on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:27AM (#36415483)

I’ve been wondering this too, and surprised that none of the news reports have addressed it. Would love to hear from someone knowledgeable on whether it’s feasible and what the limitations and trade-offs are (eg, unreasonably high risk of entanglement).

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