Mission Architecture to Characterize Habitability of Venus Cloud Layers via an Aerial Platform

Venus is known for its extreme surface temperature and its sulfuric acid clouds. But the cloud layers on Venus have similar temperature and pressure conditions to those on the surface of Earth and are conjectured to be a possible habitat for microscopic life forms. We propose a mission concept to ex...

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Main Authors: Rachana Agrawal, Weston P. Buchanan, Archit Arora, Athul P. Girija, Maxim De Jong, Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, Sarag J. Saikia, Christopher E. Carr, David H. Grinspoon, James M. Longuski, on behalf of Venus Life Finder Mission Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Aerospace
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/9/7/359