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by rlanday 3202 days ago
They actually did have this option, see

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576512...

However, it was evaluated as inferior to the option chosen (there was apparently no concern at all about contaminating Saturn itself); see the slide titled "EOM Options with Science Evaluation":

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/march_08_meeting/presentations/...