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Back to Venus: Upstart company wants to beat NASA in search for life – Global Times
Can a small US aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbor?

Can a small US aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbor?That’s what Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab, is hoping as he sets his sights on launching a low-cost probe in 2023.
A real image of Venus, taken with ALMA, in which ESO is a partner, with two superimposed spectra taken with ALMA (in white) and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Photo: VCG
Over the past decade his company has become very good at putting satellites into orbit – and his dream of …

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