Dr. Raabe's Radio Interview - An HP's Position on Cassini

[roseb@SMTP-gw.gdls.com (Boyd H Rose)]

     I caught Dr. Raabe's telephone interview / discussion of the Cassini 
     mission on AM 820, WOSU, during my lunch break today.
     
     He did a great job in relating the relative risks of accidental 
     exposure of the public to Cassini's plutonium as well as the 
     potential doses and risks to the public as a result of such 
     exposures.
     
     It is pretty tough to compete against "The Wrong Stuff" as well as 
     predictions of world wide contamination, health disasters, and public 
     misinformation if Cassini were to blow up.  This alone makes for 
     pretty captivating radio.  Dr. Raabe did well in presenting the case 
     to continue with the Cassini mission based on the scientific evidence 
     of the radiological risk potential while keeping his discussion 
     equally as interesting and understandable as the Cassini antagonists 
     featured on the radio show.
     
     Boyd H. Rose, CM
     Radiation Protection Officer
     General Dynamics Land Systems Division 
     roseb@gdls.com
     
     The opinions expresses above are solely my own and do not under any 
     circumstance reflect those of my employer.