The Laughing Wolf

Farewell Galileo!

It was, to me, the little space probe that could. It could do all it was supposed to do and keep going. It survived radiation environments that should have destroyed it and kept on plugging along. Even at the end, it still was working. Galileo, you will be missed.

The demise came yesterday, when it was deliberately sent to break up in Jupiter’s atmosphere. The decision was made so that it would not hit any of the moons, especially ones that might contain life or could support life, on the off chance something from Earth could have survived the probes incredible journey. A wise decision, but not an easy one I am sure. And Galileo worked until the end, for even if it did not send anything back at all, it continued to inspire us, like the little train that could.

LW