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 01:38:32 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.space.policy Eric Gisse <fsegg@!spamuaf.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:38:27 +0000 (UTC), Sander Vesik
> <sander@haldjas.folklore.ee> wrote:
>
> >In sci.space.policy Stefan Dobrev <hot_esteban@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote in message news:<I39Lv9.6pt@spsystems.net>...
> >> > In article <cgu9ep$amq$1@panix3.panix.com>,
> >> > Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
> >> > >What will happen to Cassini when its mission is over?
> >> ...
> >> > As I've noted before, when the time comes that on-board resources are
> >> > running low and the beancounters' patience is exhausted, there will be
> >> > great pressure to end the mission in some spectacular, definitive way that
> >> > gets some good science return while positively killing the spacecraft.
> >>
> >> 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 contaminatethe rings with manmade grabage?
>
> ...because it would be useful. What is the ring anyway, other than a
> lot of junk?
>

I'm not sure i'ddescrie the contents as junk 

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	Sander
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