[Interview] Here's Why We Need A Venus Exploration Program

Venus is closer than Mars. It's more Earth-like. We can bring back samples from it. But it's chronically underexlored. This is why we need a Venus Exploration Program!

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🟣 Guest: Dr Paul Byrne

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06830

00:00 Intro

01:35 Current state of Venus exploration

08:08 Venus Exploration Program

16:41 Technological advancements

23:32 Venus Sample Return

27:05 Why Venus at all

38:36 Big scientific question

57:07 Current obsessions

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