QUESTION:
If the winds at the entery point of the probe are strong could it be held
or carried in the upper atmosphere after the parachute is deployed and
keep on running experiments or transmiting longer than 75 minutes? 

ANSWER from David Atkinson on Dec. 21 1995:
Horizontal winds at the entry site and throughout descent will not be
provide any ``lift'' to the probe.  Air passing above and below the wings
of a plane provide lift due to the relative motion of the wing through the
air. However, the probe, being carried with the winds, will not have a
motion ``through'' the atmosphere. It will be carried with the atmosphere
and will therefore not feel a lifting force.  There is a possibility of
vertical winds (updrafts and downdrafts) that could cause the probe to
descend more slowly or more rapidly but these are expected to be very
small.  Ultimately, however, the limit of 75 minutes of data from the
probe comes from the requirement that the orbiter turnminutes of data from
the probe comes from the requirement that the orbiter turn itself to begin
preparations for firing its main engines and entering an orbit around
Jupiter.  Even if the probe survived past 75 minutes we would not be able
to listen to it.  We now know, however, that the probe mission ended about
57 minutes after lock up (about 61 minutes after entry), well before 75
minutes, but well after what was considered to be the minimum of 38
minutes.