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Christian Gapp

Christian Gapp studied astronomy and elementary particle physics at Bochum and Bonn University before working on image processing as a member of the WA69-collaboration of CERN, Geneva. Currently an IT and communications consultant, he was appointed to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (German Society of Photography) and contributes regularly to Telepolis and KUNSTFORUM international.

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The Galileo project: science, journalism, and Jupiter

In September 2003, the spacecraft Galileo disintegrated in Jupiter’s dense atmosphere, after fourteen years of measuring the planet’s satellites. A success? Yes, but also a cautionary tale of how the media misrepresents scientific work and achievement.

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