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In the April issue of Sky and Telescope, page 30, it mentions that there
is some unknown chemistry in some of Venus' clouds. Particles of something coated with sulfuric acid. To say that there could be life on such would be a really long shot bet, but a sample return mission might be interesting to do. Though building and flying to Venus a return vehicle that could get back out of Venus' atmosphere and gravity well (and some of the Sun's as well) and back to Earth would be rather difficult. It'd be pretty much the same size rocket you'd need to send a small probe from Earth to Mars. And you'd need to ship that to Venus all fueled up... This doesn't look too feasible... Probably more practical to send a small remote control chem lab on a blimp... |
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