21 Jan
2002
21 Jan
'02
1:27 p.m.
NASA plans to scuttle the Galileo orbiter next year, by plunging it into Jupiter's atmosphere. This is being planned to avoid a possible crash on Europa, which may contaminate that world and any possible life existing there. I'm thining that a crash into Io may be much more interesting, especially if "safe-mode" shutdowns can be overridden, allowing very high-resolution imagery of the surface. Contamination should not be an issue on Io. Opinions? -Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/