09-13-2017, 04:45 AM
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Originally posted by leilanidude
TomK - Was there a full EIS done for this destruction into sacred land?
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A bit if trivia for Tom and others interested in space research: the Cassini probe generated one of the first of the "digital media controversies" (and huge problems for NASA) prior to launch. Because it carried on board a small nuclear reactor, a couple of wackos undertook a fear-mongering campaign against its launch claiming that, if the launch failed, or if it's trajectory was incorrectly calculated (since, I believe, it used a sling-shot maneuver) it could rain radiation down onto the earth. Apparently it cost NASA several million dollars to deal with the controversy and most of the bogus claims of impending disaster could be traced back to a very small handful of individuals.