Barry Schwarz wrote:
On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:48:16 -0400, SteveGG
wrote:

Why not just let it orbit and be available
for future scientists, historians, public, etc.

All that crap about contamination and pollution
is just so much BS !

What does available mean when the system is out of fuel?





If it truly is out of fuel, it's going down anyway.
So it's a bit self-gratifying for NASA to tell us that they are doing this
noble deed of plunging it into the planet deliberately to save the moons
from contamination.
.....But I guess they have to rationalize those billions of dollars every
year, somehow.....especially after sending up a filthy satellite to begin
with.