QUESTION:
From it's vantage point in the Jovian system, is Galileo able to observe
the outer planets and their moons (Saturn, Titan, etc.) better than ground
based telescopes can? 

ANSWER from Rosaly Lopes-Gautier on January 26, 1996:
Galileo's instruments were not really designed to look at bodies from
a great distance - so we are concentrating on observing Jupiter and
the Galilean satellites. We are not even observing all of Jupiter's
other moons. Although there would be some value on this, we are
concentrating our efforts on finding out a lot about Jupiter and
its largest moons. For example, my instrument (NIMS) obtains
spectra and we wouldn't really get worthwhile spectral information
by looking at something very far away. Besides, all of the instruments
have limited amounts of observing time, so we have to choose
carefully what we look at. 

NASA is sending a mission to study Saturn and its moons: it will be
launched in 1997. It's called Cassini, you may have heard about it.

Another thing you have to consider is that spacecraft carry small
telescopes! We are always limited by the mass of the instruments
we can put on a spacecraft. So, space missions are not really
designed to look at objects from a great distance.