Originally there wasn't going to be a camera on Huygens; the on-board imager is actually just part of another instrument. Any images at all are just icing on the cake IMO. The public rarely gets anything 100% right, and there are flaws in the way many worthwhile enterprises are funded. Life-saving drugs only get developed if stockholders think they'll get a dividend...planetariums get built only if they generate revenue. At the same time, we spend millions on political ceremonies while children starve. It should come as no surprise that most people, some science writers included, just don't get it, and probably never will. What makes humanity great has nothing at all to do with clever marketing or generating profits, but that's what occupies the minds of the masses. I was initially harsh on the mission, based on "press releases" and editorials, but then I tried to educate myself. Luckily as long as a person is alive there is still room for personal growth. Life is too short to worry about what an ignoramus thinks. Huygens is a remarkable engineering accomplishment and only a fool would try and marginalize any part of it in retrospect; the deed is done and it was magnificent. Looking at the images, just as they are, I am proud to be human being. My 2 cents. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com