Lee wrote:
Here's a quote from your blessed report, "Another option is to take advantage of the gravitational interactions between Galileo and Jupiter and its large satellites to engineer a controlled ejection into a heliocentric orbit..."

Alex writes:
Did you perhaps notice that these two reports are over a year old? I only referenced them for you as a *guide*. FYI, Galileo has since been placed on its terminal trajectory. To reiterate, Galileo does not have the delta-V capability to enter heliocentric orbit; it barely has enough to accomplish the the final two flybys and associated trajectory correction maneuvers before impacting Jupiter.

Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii