[extropy-chat] Huygens: First visitor to Titan

[Amara Graps]

I said (wrongly)
>[Remote sensing -- which is used by most of the fields in
>astronomy, with the exception of planetary science -- is also
>one-step removed from the object  that one is measuring. Planetary
>science is the almost the only astronomy field where one can
>collect astronomy data in-situ.]

This didn't come out right. I meant to say that remote sensing is the 
primary method with which astronomers collect data, including 
those in the planetary sciences, but planetary astronomers have 
the added  advantage of access to in-situ methods.

Amara