Spacecraft Readied for Saturn Voyage
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NASA made final preparations to launch a controversial nuclear-powered probe to Saturn. As launch-pad workers readied the the Cassini spacecraft for its nearly seven-year voyage to the ringed planet, a small group of protesters held a vigil outside Cape Canaveral Air Station. The activists say the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is putting lives at risk. NASA and the Department of Energy say the chances of a radioactive release are minimal.
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