Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary
Finding evidence of extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific discoveries ever made, advancing humanity into a new epoch of cosmic awareness. The Venus Life Finder (VLF) missions feature a series of three direct atmospheric probes designed to assess the habitability of the V...
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| author | Seager, Sara Petkowski, Janusz J. Carr, Christopher E. Grinspoon, David H. Ehlmann, Bethany L. Saikia, Sarag J. Agrawal, Rachana Buchanan, Weston P. Weber, Monika U. French, Richard Klupar, Pete Worden, Simon P. Baumgardner, Darrel on behalf of the Venus Life Finder Mission Team, |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Seager, Sara Petkowski, Janusz J. Carr, Christopher E. Grinspoon, David H. Ehlmann, Bethany L. Saikia, Sarag J. Agrawal, Rachana Buchanan, Weston P. Weber, Monika U. French, Richard Klupar, Pete Worden, Simon P. Baumgardner, Darrel on behalf of the Venus Life Finder Mission Team, |
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| description | Finding evidence of extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific discoveries ever made, advancing humanity into a new epoch of cosmic awareness. The Venus Life Finder (VLF) missions feature a series of three direct atmospheric probes designed to assess the habitability of the Venusian clouds and search for signs of life and life itself. The VLF missions are an astrobiology-focused set of missions, and the first two out of three can be launched quickly and at a relatively low cost. The mission concepts come out of an 18-month study by an MIT-led worldwide consortium. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1440352024-05-15T03:53:04Z Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary Seager, Sara Petkowski, Janusz J. Carr, Christopher E. Grinspoon, David H. Ehlmann, Bethany L. Saikia, Sarag J. Agrawal, Rachana Buchanan, Weston P. Weber, Monika U. French, Richard Klupar, Pete Worden, Simon P. Baumgardner, Darrel on behalf of the Venus Life Finder Mission Team, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Finding evidence of extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific discoveries ever made, advancing humanity into a new epoch of cosmic awareness. The Venus Life Finder (VLF) missions feature a series of three direct atmospheric probes designed to assess the habitability of the Venusian clouds and search for signs of life and life itself. The VLF missions are an astrobiology-focused set of missions, and the first two out of three can be launched quickly and at a relatively low cost. The mission concepts come out of an 18-month study by an MIT-led worldwide consortium. 2022-07-25T18:28:33Z 2022-07-25T18:28:33Z 2022-07-18 2022-07-25T16:32:26Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144035 Aerospace 9 (7): 385 (2022) PUBLISHER_CC http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9070385 Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| spellingShingle | Seager, Sara Petkowski, Janusz J. Carr, Christopher E. Grinspoon, David H. Ehlmann, Bethany L. Saikia, Sarag J. Agrawal, Rachana Buchanan, Weston P. Weber, Monika U. French, Richard Klupar, Pete Worden, Simon P. Baumgardner, Darrel on behalf of the Venus Life Finder Mission Team, Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary |
| title | Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary |
| title_full | Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary |
| title_fullStr | Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary |
| title_full_unstemmed | Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary |
| title_short | Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary |
| title_sort | venus life finder missions motivation and summary |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144035 |
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