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NASA considers Venus mission after discovery of potential evidence of life beyond Earth – ABC News
NASA is mulling four proposals for planetary space missions and an astrobiologist says the “logical choice” would be to send a probe to Venus after the discovery of a gas in the harshly acidic clouds in planet’s atmosphere.
A robotic probe could be sent to Venus to determine whether it harbours life if the proposed science mission wins over a NASA panel currently reviewing four planetary pursuits.
- NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said it was “time to prioritise Venus” in light of the gas discovery
- One option NASA is currently considering would send a probe into Venusian atmosphere
- An astrobiologist involved in the Venus mission says selections should be responsive to recent discoveriesClick here to view the original article.
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