Re: The MARGINAL Cost of Two More Cassini Craft (Re: Pluto Flyby)

From: Sander Vesik (sander_at_haldjas.folklore.ee)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 01:37:33 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.space.policy Paul Blay <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> "Sander Vesik" wrote ...
> > In sci.space.policy Stefan Dobrev <hot_esteban@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> What about getting into orbit that frequently crosses the rings?
> >> Close-ups of the rings would be spectacular. And we might get lucky to
> >> get a couple of crossings before it finally hits something.
> >
> > Why contaminate the rings with manmade grabage?
>
> Do the maths.
>
> According to my WAG "drop in the ocean" would be overstating the matter.
> It isn't as if there's the potential of affecting local lifeforms.

dunno. if it gout grounded up in the process, it might affect the
meallicity of some ringlet. If it really got dispersed over all of
the rings tehn sure, but that is not that likely. 

-- 
	Sander
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