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Rocket Lab aims to launch private Venus mission in 2023 – Space.com
The mission would likely hunt for signs of life in Venus’ clouds.
There may be life in Venus’ clouds, and Rocket Lab
wants to help find it.
The California-based spaceflight company, which gives small spacecraft
dedicated rides to Earth orbit, aims to go interplanetary soon, with a robotic astrobiology mission to the second rock from the sun.
“I’m madly in love with Venus,” Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck said on Aug. 5 during a company update and Q&A session
livestreamed on YouTube. “I’m working very hard to put together a private mission to …
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