From: Jonathan Lunine via microsun (jlunine@LPL.Arizona.EDU)
Date: Mon Sep 22 1997 - 16:04:55 MDT
Mr. Plourde's interpretation is correct. The one in a million
is a "not to exceed" number with respect to an accidental
Earth entry on the swingby. The spacecraft trajectory and
miss distance were selected to achieve that number (with, by
the way, a consequent loss of science at Saturn relative
to closer Earth swingbys).
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