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Letter Report: Scientific Assessment of Options for the Disposition of the Galileo Spacecraft (2000) / Chapter Skim
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Letter to Dr. Rummel
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... , the principal investigators of Galileo's magnetometer, plasma subsystem, and energetic particle detector, respectively. The committee also reviewed relevant reports issued by COMPLEX and other National Research Council (NRC)
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... These results can then be used to estimate the probability of contaminating the putative europan ocean with terrestrial microorganisms by following the procedure outlined in the report of the Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa.4 Only if such a quantitative analysis is undertaken can COMPLEX give an unequivocal recommendation about the ' Space Studies Board, National Research Council, Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2000. 2 The Io plus Amalthea option is not consistent with GaliJeo's current budget plan.
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... COMPLEX recommends that the Galileo Project perform qualitative risk assessment of the various trajectory options. Pending the completion of these calculations, the committee reached a consensus that an appropriate interim course of action is to defer the destruction of Galileo unfit after the completion of the to polar flybys, in order to obtain as much science as possible from the mission.
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  • forward contamination
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  • unintentional impact
  • scientific opportunities

  • integrated strategy
  • galileo imaging
  • conservative trajectory
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  • complex recommends

  • project perform
  • various options
  • complex believes
  • polar flybys
  • question concerning

  • various trajectory
  • subsidiary question
  • fatal failure
  • jet propulsion
  • committee reached

  • energetic particle
  • donald williams
  • protection concerns
  • short statement
  • appropriate interim

  • brown university
  • planetary protection
  • margaret kivelson
  • recommendations relative
  • scientific results


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