On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:35:42 -0500, "JohnH"
wrote in ::
I would say that sending him
to Jupiter is appropriate, enlightened, and the highest honor".
I would think a true scientist would have considered it a rather useless
payload which may have displaced a useful experiment (unless of course the
experiment was to examine the effects of interplanetary space travel on
ashes) 
Ah! The voice of reason rises above the clamor of the superstitious
multitudes.
Don't forget, it is our tax dollars which enable this dubious assault
on rational behavior.