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Galileo And Cassini Team Up

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-the-most-data dept.

Bearpaw writes, "Trying to squeeze the last possible bit of use out of Galileo, NASA may team it up with the Saturn-bound Cassini for a joint mission. " The two will be perform some joint observations of the Jupiter system, as well as doing separate missions on the Jupiter system, including Ganymede as well. Hats off to the folks behind Galileo, whose official mission ended in 1997, but has kept on going.

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  1. Pushing too much by Eccles · · Score: 5

    Trying to squeeze the last possible bit of use out of Galileo

    My first thought when I read this? "I hope they don't expect too much, he's been dead for several hundred years..."

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    Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.