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  1. Newsgroups: sci.space
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!wotan.compaq.com!twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com!sword.eng.hou.compaq.com!mccreary
  3. From: mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary)
  4. Subject: Re: Relay to Follow Galileo?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec14.150134.22023@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
  6. Sender: news@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com (Netnews Account)
  7. Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
  8. References: <246900038@peg.pegasus.oz.au>
  9. Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:01:34 GMT
  10. Lines: 17
  11.  
  12. In article <246900038@peg.pegasus.oz.au> wlmss@peg.pegasus.oz.au writes:
  13. >Why not send a craft along behind Galileo to relay information back to
  14. >Earth at a suitable rate?
  15.  
  16. The team at JPL have reprogrammed Galileo with new compression techniques
  17. that will allow retrieval of about 90% of the planned science data,
  18. if I'm not mistaken.  Also, I doubt we could put one together by
  19. '95 with the current management.  Technically it's probably doable,
  20. but it's hard enough getting the funding for the currently planned missions.
  21.  
  22.  
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  24. Ed McCreary                                               ,__o
  25. mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com                       _-\_<,
  26. "If it were not for laughter, there would be no Tao."  (*)/'(*)
  27.