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Smrekar works with the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG), a coalition of scientists and engineers investigating ways to revisit the planet that Magellan mapped so many decades ago.
Dec 11, 2019 · Now superheated by greenhouse gases, Venus’ climate was once more similar to Earth’s, with a shallow ocean’s worth of water. It may even have subduction zones like Earth, areas where the planet’s crust sinks back into rock closer to the core of the planet. “Venus is like the control case for Earth,” said Smrekar.
Jul 21, 2022 · "Exploring Venus with Balloons" [PDF], 6th International Planetary Probe Workshop, June 23-27, 2008 "The Return to Venus and What It Means for Earth" , NASA , December 11, 2019 "Why is NASA Neglecting Venus?" , The Atlantic , January 19, 2017
Dec 12, 2019 · “Venus isn’t the closest planet to the Sun, but it is the hottest in our solar system.” Venus is the fifth hottest planet in our solar system. Jupiter by far is the hottest. In the transition layer, where the atmosphere turns from a gas to a liquid, it’s near 18,000°F. It is lectrified plasma twice as hot as the surface of the sun.
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- The Decade of Venus
The first mission, for which Dyar serves as the No. 2 scientist (Smrekar is No. 1), launches in 2028. The Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy(or VERITAS) spacecraft will spend about six months traveling to Venus, and then roughly three years in orbit. From its perch between 110 and 150 miles above the planet (half t...
As VERITAS orbits Venus, it will be joined mid-mission by the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging Plus(DAVINCI+). Launching in 2029, DAVINCI+ will, after six months of transit, spend 16 months doing a series of Venus flybys, which it will use to adjust its position as necessary to precisely deliver its payload...
Dyar hopes that, after a decade of disappointment, VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will usher in a decade of action for the Venus community. With modern maps and datasets, the knowledge gap between what researchers understand of Venus and what they understand of Mars will begin to narrow. To really catch up, however, they’ll need to touch down on the surface....
Jun 14, 2021 · Two new NASA missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – are headed to Venus. The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth's hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor.
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Jun 16, 2021 · Two new NASA missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – are headed to Venus. The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth's hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor.
