If Galileo Had Fallen to Earth (1988) http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

In April 1988, an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory performed a detailed analysis of the fate in store for the Galileo Jupiter spacecraft if the Space Shuttle Orbiter that carried it to Earth orbit had tumbled out of control. Beyond Apollo blogger David S. F. Portree examines this perilous might-have-been.



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