From: jvorbrueggen@mediasec.de   
      
   > probably because the Pioneer and Voyager missions ended by seeing NASA   
   > spend many megabucks over many years maintaining ground teams and   
   > facilities to pick up a steadily declining trickle of bits, only to   
   > face boos and catcalls when they eventually zeroed the budget and pulled   
   > the plug on the Plucky Little Spacecraft What Was Still Bravely Exploring   
   > The Cosmos.   
      
   In Galileo's case, it was almost out of attitude-control fuel. The time   
   would have been near when it lost attitude control and could no longer   
   communicate with Earth because of that. No need to pull the plug.   
      
   	Jan   
      
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