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[Interview] Here's Why We Need A Venus Exploration Program


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Venus is closer than Mars. It's more Earth-like. We can bring back samples from it. But it's chronically underexlored. This is why we need a Venus Exploration Program!

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🟣 Guest: Dr Paul Byrne

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06830

00:00 Intro

01:35 Current state of Venus exploration
08:08 Venus Exploration Program
16:41 Technological advancements
23:32 Venus Sample Return
27:05 Why Venus at all
38:36 Big scientific question
57:07 Current obsessions

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