Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 21, 2023
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September 21, 2023: Twenty years ago, on September 21, 2003, the Galileo spacecraft completed its mission and was crashed intentionally into Jupiter. Nearly fourteen (14) years earlier–in 1989–the 20.2 ft tall, 5,648kg spacecraft with orbiter and probe was put into orbit by the space shuttle Atlantis. It reached the outer orbit of Jupiter 6 years later, in 1995. Over the course of the 13 years, 11 months, and 3 days of its life, the spacecraft would travel 2.88 billion miles.[1]
After its crash into the gas giant, there would not be another orbiter sent to Jupiter until Juno, which was sent out in 2016, 13 years later.[1]
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- September 19, 2023-55% of state legislatures are Republican Controlled
- September 18, 2023-65% of voters believe businesses should be able to refuse service to customers who do not follow a clearly set dress code
- September 15, 2023-40% of voters say that President Biden has done a poor job handling the wildfire situation in Maui
- September 14, 2023-86% of voters believe that disaster relief should be given equally to all affected communities
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