Um, I don't get it. Why would the mission be saved from NASA stupidity? Going into safe mode sounds like what it was supposed to do in an emergency. If you're talking about the eventual destruction of Galileo in Jupiter's atmosphere, I say it's better for it to be done now rather than when we have no control over it and, quite possibly, have no opportunity to gather more info on Jupiter's atmosphere. Even if Galileo were put into an orbit with a very small decay, it would eventually be pulled in.

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