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This turns out to be T.R. (Tyler Rose), the only child of Deck's only marriage. She has read in Parade magazine that he is "the richest writer in the world" and has decided to lay some expensive guilt on him for 22 years of neglect. He -- as hapless as...
Few doubt the scientific value of the Galileo flight. Nonetheless, a sharp controversy has dogged the mission. At issue is the space probe's power source: two radioisotope thermoelectric generators that are fueled by almost 50 lbs. of highly radioactive plutonium 238. Antinuclear groups, led by the Florida Coalition for...
Opponents charge that a disaster during launch could spew large amounts of radioactive fallout throughout Florida and cause 2,000 cases of lung, bone and liver cancer. The danger, they say, does not end with a successful takeoff. To gather momentum, the Galileo spacecraft will first make a swing around...
NASA has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure the RTGs are safe. Each of the 144 plutonium pellets in the generators, designed by General Electric, is surrounded by an iridium shell. Coated pellets are then encased by two graphite shells and finally by an aluminum shroud. The U.S. Department...
Space officials calculate that the chances of plutonium being released in an aborted mission are no greater than 1 in 1,428. Declares Dudley McConnell, nuclear safety manager for NASA: "You have a thousand times greater chance of dying on the ground from debris falling from an airplane crash than...