Re: Next Rad. News Story

[Steve Frey <sfreyohp@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

Looks like Joel pegged it about right. Already, the current issue of 
Astronomy magazine has a substantial article about the potential 
for plutonium releases into the atmosphere from the upcoming 
Cassini fly-by.

Steve


At 08:09 PM 7/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Joel Cehn wrote:
>> 
>> Prediction:  The next radiological news story will be the fly=by of the
>> Cassini probe.  Next month it will fly by the earth, and be given a
>> gravity boost and whip-around, to its final destination.  It contains
>> about 27 lbs. of Pu, in the radioisotope generator.  Stay tuned.
>
>Make that "about 72 lbs."
>
>-Khem Caigan
><frob@bway.net>
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