QUESTION: If immersed in liquid, is there any way for the Huygens Probe to send any kind of information back? ANSWER from FAQ on June 3, 1999: Liquid ethane exists between 90 degrees Kelvin (solid) and 184 degrees Kelvin (boiling) which corresponds roughly to the radio noise temperature (90 degrees Kelvin) of Titan. The Probe is not made to survive these low temperatures. Certainly, the batteries would not operate at these temperatures. In addition, the dielectric constant of liquid ethane is about 93 percent larger than a vacuum or air where the electronics were manufactured and adjusted. If the liquid ethane permeated the Probe packages, the radio frequency elements would be badly tuned and would not perform well at all.