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Magnifico! Galileo and Jupiter.(The end of Galileo)(deliberate destruction of Galileo spacecraft)
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The Economist (US)
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September 20, 2003
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Galileo, a spacecraft that has been studying Jupiter, will self-destruct this week, after a glorious decade of exploration
WHEN, on September 21st, Galileo plunges into Jupiter's atmosphere and burns up, it will be a cause for celebration rather than alarm. This is because the spacecraft is being destroyed deliberately, in order to eliminate the possibility that it might contaminate Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. Europa, according to Galileo's instruments, has an environment that might, just, harbour life. So it would be unfortunate if, come the day when life-seeking craft land there, what they found were bugs brought all the way from Earth.
Admittedly, it is unlikely ...
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