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Cassini was deliberately flown into Saturn in September 2017 while still working perfectly, because the alternative was letting a dying spacecraft carrying Earth bacteria eventually drift into Encelad

Protecting an alien ocean meant destroying humanity's most successful planetary explorer while it was still alive. On 15 September 2017, Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere while eight of its instruments were still returning data. The spacecraft had not suffered a terminal failure. NASA sent it into the planet on purpose. The reason was not simply that a long mis... [10113 chars]

Cassini was deliberately flown into Saturn in September 2017 while still working perfectly, because the alternative was letting a dying spacecraft carrying Earth bacteria eventually drift into Encelad

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