Sciforums.com is an intelligent science discussion community.
The Cassini spacecraft, on its journey to Saturn, will make its close approach to Jupiter in December 2000. The Galileo spacecraft has been exploring Jupiter since 1995. For the first time two robotic spacecraft will actively observe the same outer planet at the same time from close range ...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/jupiterflyby
Stopping Cassini, The Plutonium Probe Scheduled for launch in October, 1997 ...
www.animatedsoftware.com/cassini/index.htm
On the heels of its successful forays to Mars this year, NASA has embarked on a new voyage -- to Saturn. The Cassini mission is not only one of the most expensive ever, costing $3.4 billion, it's also one of the most controversial -- the Cassini rocket is carrying 72 pounds of plutonium - the most ever launched into space. The rocket is scheduled to arrive in orbit around Saturn in 2004. Get the ...
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/space/cassini
RISKS VS. RETURNS Is the Cassini Mission safe October 21, 1997 Questions answered in this forum: What is the Cassini mission all about What could cause an accident when Cassini swings by Earth What damage would an accident cause Why was plutonium selected to power Cassini What other energy sources could have been used to speed up the mission How can NASA risk public safety for planetary ...
www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/october97/cassini.html
A Scientific Critique of the Accident Risks from the Cassini Space Mission by Dr. Michio Kaku ...
southmovement.alphalink.com.au/antiwar/kaku.htm
GAMBLING WITH THE DEVIL Postponing The Launch Of Cassini For The Safety Of A Solar Fuel Cell Redesign End The Militarization And Nuclearization Of Space THE CASSINI MISSION IS THE # 1 CENSORED STORY ON EARTH March 20, 1999 T+ 520 Days Dear Citizens of Earth At 4:43 AM EDT, on Wednesday, October 15, 1997, from launch complex # 40 at The Cape Canaveral Air Station, in Florida, a spacecraft called ...
www.lovearth.org/gambling.htm