CANCEL CASSINI ! A Call to Action - No Nukes in Space!
Robert Cherwink May 21, 1997
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* * * URGENT ACTION ALERT * * *
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This article contains information and direction to additional
informational resourses on the
proposed launch of the Cassini Space Probe and its risks; and is a Call to
Action. The primary
issue is the risk of radioactive contamination of our planet through the use
of nuclear energy in
space projects.
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URGENT! We have until just May 27th, 1997 to respond to NASA's Draft
Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the Cassini Mission
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* * * INTRODUCTION * * *
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The Cassini Space Probe is scheduled for launch this October. The rocket
will carry 72 pounds of
Plutonium Dioxide, Pu-238, the deadliest substance known by science. NASA
maintains that the
chances of a mishap are miniscule, but is it worth the risk? and should we
trust NASA's numbers?
Even if the launch, having its own definite risks, is successful: The plan
is to have the rocket orbit
Venus a few times, and then "sling- shot" around the Earth towards Saturn.
It would come within
approximately 312 miles of the earth while travelling at a speed of 42,300
miles per hour during the
month of August 1999.
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Subject: Action Alert: CANCEL CASSINI ! A Call to Action - No Nukes in
Space!