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Back to Venus: Rocket Lab looks to beat NASA in search for life on Venus, other worlds – Firstpost
Rocket Lab will need help from leading scientists, and has already recruited MIT astronomer and planetary scientist Sara Seager.
Agence France-PresseSep 28, 2020 11:32:58 IST
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.
Over the past decade his company has become very good at putting satellites into orbit and his dream of taking the next step an interplanetary mission has received a shot of adrenaline recently with the surprising discovery of a g…
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