Global protests are increasing against the scheduled Oct 6, 1997 launch of a Titan IV rocket carrying radioactive plutonium which will be used to power instrument on the space craft. Protests center on the possibility of an explosion at launch which would effect billions of people.
Around the world opposition is growing to the scheduled Oct. 6 launch of a plutonium-loaded space probe. The Cassini probe, positioned above a Titan IV rocket, will be loaded with 72.3 pounds of plutonium 238 ...