Plutonium con. (Galileo space probe caries plutonium payload into space) (editorial) From: The Nation | Date: November 20, 1989| Author: Grossman, Karl; Long, Judith | COPYRIGHT 1989 The Nation Company L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Plutonium Con

The Galileo space probe was launched on October 19 amid controversy over its highly toxic payload of 49.25 pounds of plutonium, which provides heat and electricity for its instruments [see Grossman and Long, "Nuclear Slingshot," October 2]. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration claimed there was no substitute for plutonium as a power source on projects such as the Galileo mission to Jupiter. But government-authorized studies recently released to...

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