Aerial Platform Design Options for a Life-Finding Mission at Venus

Mounting evidence of chemical disequilibria in the Venusian atmosphere has heightened interest in the search for life within the planet’s cloud decks. Balloon systems are currently considered to be the superior class of aerial platform for extended atmospheric sampling within the clouds, p...

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Main Authors: Buchanan, Weston P., de Jong, Maxim, Agrawal, Rachana, Petkowski, Janusz J., Arora, Archit, Saikia, Sarag J., Seager, Sara, Longuski, James, on behalf of the Venus Life Finder Mission Team
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143635