On September 21, 2003, NASA deliberately steered the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter at 108000 miles...
The Galileo spacecraft was deliberately crashed into Jupiter in 2003 because mission planners feared a drifting probe could contaminate Europa's hidden ocean, forcing engineers to destroy the machine that revealed why Europa had to be protected
On September 21, 2003, NASA deliberately steered the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter at 108000 miles per hour to keep its plutonium-powered hull from ever...
Author: Space Daily
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