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Galileo to be destroyed to not contaminate "Europe"

Washington, Usa - After 14 years it will crash on Jupiter

The Galileo space probe, launched in 1989, will be destroyed from the Nasa experts before it could reach "Europe", one of the Jupiter satellites, where it is thought extraterrestrial life can exist; indeed, it does not have to be contaminated with terrestrial microbes, that can still be on the Galileo, the iced surface of Europe, in order to avoid some unexpected consequences. The probe will go through...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 52703
Rome, Italy, 09/16/2003 09:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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