Professor JohnZarnecki, principal investigator on Huygens' surface science package (SSP) said the area where Huygens landed appeared to have a thin crust that overlies a material with more uniform consistency something like wet sand.
"There are loads of ideas floating around, and they're serious about implementing them, " said UK space scientist JohnZarnecki, who is a visiting professor at Beihang University, the new name for the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.