The new news is that they're shooting it down.
I happened to hear an awesome sound bite on the radio today from the press conference (which I can't seem to find online). James Cartwright was trying to stress that yes, even if they didn't shoot it down, going through the atmosphere would take care of any information anyone could try to glean from the craft itself, "with the heating, and the burning..." The way he said it sounded a lot like this guy.
The only thing he didn't say was "with the GLAVIN!!!"