In response to
"We're going to kill Cassini by plunging it into Saturn. SAVE CASSINI! -- (link)"
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Mop
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Cassini is running out of fuel. Better to control the spacecraft and gather data on those inside orbits and control it going into Saturn atm for some
Posted by
JD (aka Jason Dean)
Apr 4 '17, 16:39
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last data than just to have the spacecraft drift
Actually, there's also the planning to keep it away from the moons that might have the precursors to life
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