Legendary Space Physics Pioneer Margaret Kivelson
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Galileo Magnetometer
The magnetometer was a lower priority than some of the other instruments. But i think that since galileo discovered compelling evidence of oceans and the moons of jupiter using a magnetometer, it's become a lot less difficult to get a magnetometerto a planetary mission. We'll just remind people that, dina, when they see those wonderful images like voyager spacecraft or galileo or cassini, that thing that's way out there on that boom, that's the magnetometer.
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